diff --git a/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config.go b/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config.go
index 8fb0ae768..6d40e5427 100644
--- a/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config.go
+++ b/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config.go
@@ -376,13 +376,18 @@ func (h *kmsv2PluginProbe) rotateDEKOnKeyIDChange(ctx context.Context, statusKey
 			ExpirationTimestamp: expirationTimestamp,
 			CacheKey:            cacheKey,
 		})
-		klog.V(6).InfoS("successfully rotated DEK",
-			"uid", uid,
-			"newKeyID", resp.KeyID,
-			"oldKeyID", state.KeyID,
-			"expirationTimestamp", expirationTimestamp.Format(time.RFC3339),
-		)
-		return nil
+
+		// it should be logically impossible for the new state to be invalid but check just in case
+		_, errGen = h.getCurrentState()
+		if errGen == nil {
+			klog.V(6).InfoS("successfully rotated DEK",
+				"uid", uid,
+				"newKeyID", resp.KeyID,
+				"oldKeyID", state.KeyID,
+				"expirationTimestamp", expirationTimestamp.Format(time.RFC3339),
+			)
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	return fmt.Errorf("failed to rotate DEK uid=%q, errState=%v, errGen=%v, statusKeyID=%q, encryptKeyID=%q, stateKeyID=%q, expirationTimestamp=%s",
diff --git a/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config_test.go b/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config_test.go
index 003441da3..bac46f3f1 100644
--- a/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/server/options/encryptionconfig/config_test.go
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ func Test_kmsv2PluginProbe_rotateDEKOnKeyIDChange(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "happy path, with previous state",
 			service:     &testKMSv2EnvelopeService{err: fmt.Errorf("broken")}, // not called
-			state:       validState("2", now),
+			state:       validState(t, "2", now),
 			statusKeyID: "2",
 			wantState: envelopekmsv2.State{
 				KeyID:               "2",
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ func Test_kmsv2PluginProbe_rotateDEKOnKeyIDChange(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "previous state expired but key ID matches",
 			service:     &testKMSv2EnvelopeService{err: fmt.Errorf("broken")}, // not called
-			state:       validState("3", now.Add(-time.Hour)),
+			state:       validState(t, "3", now.Add(-time.Hour)),
 			statusKeyID: "3",
 			wantState: envelopekmsv2.State{
 				KeyID:               "3",
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ func Test_kmsv2PluginProbe_rotateDEKOnKeyIDChange(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "previous state expired but key ID does not match",
 			service:     &testKMSv2EnvelopeService{keyID: "4"},
-			state:       validState("3", now.Add(-time.Hour)),
+			state:       validState(t, "3", now.Add(-time.Hour)),
 			statusKeyID: "4",
 			wantState: envelopekmsv2.State{
 				KeyID:               "4",
@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ func Test_kmsv2PluginProbe_rotateDEKOnKeyIDChange(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "service down but key ID does not match",
 			service:     &testKMSv2EnvelopeService{err: fmt.Errorf("broken")},
-			state:       validState("4", now.Add(7*time.Minute)),
+			state:       validState(t, "4", now.Add(7*time.Minute)),
 			statusKeyID: "5",
 			wantState: envelopekmsv2.State{
 				KeyID:               "4",
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ func Test_kmsv2PluginProbe_rotateDEKOnKeyIDChange(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "invalid service response, with previous state",
 			service:     &testKMSv2EnvelopeService{keyID: "3", encryptAnnotations: map[string][]byte{"panda": nil}},
-			state:       validState("2", now),
+			state:       validState(t, "2", now),
 			statusKeyID: "3",
 			wantState: envelopekmsv2.State{
 				KeyID:               "2",
@@ -1831,17 +1831,52 @@ func Test_kmsv2PluginProbe_rotateDEKOnKeyIDChange(t *testing.T) {
 			if errString(err) != tt.wantErr {
 				t.Errorf("rotateDEKOnKeyIDChange() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 			}
+
+			// if the old or new state is valid, we should be able to use it
+			if _, stateErr := h.getCurrentState(); stateErr == nil || err == nil {
+				transformer := envelopekmsv2.NewEnvelopeTransformer(
+					&testKMSv2EnvelopeService{err: fmt.Errorf("broken")}, // not called
+					"panda",
+					h.getCurrentState,
+				)
+
+				dataCtx := value.DefaultContext(sampleContextText)
+				originalText := []byte(sampleText)
+
+				transformedData, err := transformer.TransformToStorage(ctx, originalText, dataCtx)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				untransformedData, stale, err := transformer.TransformFromStorage(ctx, transformedData, dataCtx)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				if stale {
+					t.Error("unexpected stale data")
+				}
+				if !bytes.Equal(untransformedData, originalText) {
+					t.Fatalf("incorrect transformation, want: %v, got: %v", originalText, untransformedData)
+				}
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
-func validState(keyID string, exp time.Time) envelopekmsv2.State {
+func validState(t *testing.T, keyID string, exp time.Time) envelopekmsv2.State {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	transformer, resp, cacheKey, err := envelopekmsv2.GenerateTransformer(testContext(t), "", &testKMSv2EnvelopeService{keyID: keyID})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	return envelopekmsv2.State{
-		Transformer:         &resourceTransformer{},
-		EncryptedDEK:        []byte{1},
-		KeyID:               keyID,
+		Transformer:         transformer,
+		EncryptedDEK:        resp.Ciphertext,
+		KeyID:               resp.KeyID,
+		Annotations:         resp.Annotations,
 		ExpirationTimestamp: exp,
-		CacheKey:            []byte{1},
+		CacheKey:            cacheKey,
 	}
 }