diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/validation/instancegroup.go b/pkg/apis/kops/validation/instancegroup.go
index 4a1b809296..98eb59152b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/validation/instancegroup.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/validation/instancegroup.go
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ func ValidateInstanceGroup(g *kops.InstanceGroup) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	for i, x := range g.Spec.Volumes {
+		if x.DeviceName == nil {
+			return field.Invalid(field.NewPath("volumes").Index(i).Child("deviceName"), "", "volume must have a device name")
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := validateInstanceProfile(g.Spec.IAM, field.NewPath("iam")); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/validation/legacy.go b/pkg/apis/kops/validation/legacy.go
index 7a0e21dbfe..65a65ab394 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/validation/legacy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/validation/legacy.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package validation
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
@@ -801,6 +802,12 @@ func DeepValidate(c *kops.Cluster, groups []*kops.InstanceGroup, strict bool) er
 			if len(errs) != 0 {
 				return errs[0]
 			}
+		default:
+			for _, x := range groups {
+				if len(x.Spec.Volumes) > 0 {
+					return errors.New("instancegroup volumes are only available with aws at present")
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}