diff --git a/state/azure/blobstorage/blobstorage.go b/state/azure/blobstorage/blobstorage.go
index 90677ac9d..09485cf0b 100644
--- a/state/azure/blobstorage/blobstorage.go
+++ b/state/azure/blobstorage/blobstorage.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	b64 "encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -98,17 +99,21 @@ func (r *StateStore) Init(metadata state.Metadata) error {
 	}
 	p := azblob.NewPipeline(credential, options)
 
-	var containerURL azblob.ContainerURL
+	var URL *url.URL
 	customEndpoint, ok := metadata.Properties[endpointKey]
 	if ok && customEndpoint != "" {
-		URL, parseErr := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", customEndpoint, meta.accountName, meta.containerName))
-		if parseErr != nil {
-			return parseErr
-		}
-		containerURL = azblob.NewContainerURL(*URL, p)
+		URL, err = url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", customEndpoint, meta.accountName, meta.containerName))
 	} else {
-		URL, _ := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("https://%s.blob.%s/%s", meta.accountName, env.StorageEndpointSuffix, meta.containerName))
-		containerURL = azblob.NewContainerURL(*URL, p)
+		URL, err = url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("https://%s.blob.%s/%s", meta.accountName, env.StorageEndpointSuffix, meta.containerName))
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	containerURL := azblob.NewContainerURL(*URL, p)
+
+	_, err = net.LookupHost(URL.Hostname())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
diff --git a/state/azure/blobstorage/blobstorage_test.go b/state/azure/blobstorage/blobstorage_test.go
index 775cc4bb1..5ccd6108e 100644
--- a/state/azure/blobstorage/blobstorage_test.go
+++ b/state/azure/blobstorage/blobstorage_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NotNil(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, err, fmt.Errorf("missing or empty accountName field from metadata"))
 	})
+
+	t.Run("Init with invalid account name", func(t *testing.T) {
+		m.Properties = map[string]string{
+			"accountName":   "invalid-account",
+			"accountKey":    "e+Dnvl8EOxYxV94nurVaRQ==",
+			"containerName": "dapr",
+		}
+		err := s.Init(m)
+		assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestGetBlobStorageMetaData(t *testing.T) {