diff --git a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/availability_zones.py b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/availability_zones.py
index b1a6b9c541..4f7f5735bd 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/availability_zones.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/availability_zones.py
@@ -250,3 +250,6 @@ class NsxVAvailabilityZones(common_az.ConfiguredAvailabilityZones):
 
     def get_additional_datacenter(self):
         return self.get_unique_non_default_param("datacenter_moid")
+
+    def get_additional_dvs_ids(self):
+        return self.get_unique_non_default_param("dvs_id")
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/plugin.py b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/plugin.py
index f7e55d7fe2..23e00e5017 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/plugin.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/plugin.py
@@ -4219,6 +4219,10 @@ class NsxVPluginV2(addr_pair_db.AllowedAddressPairsMixin,
             raise nsx_exc.NsxResourceNotFound(
                                 res_name='dvs_id',
                                 res_id=cfg.CONF.nsxv.dvs_id)
+        for dvs_id in self._availability_zones_data.get_additional_dvs_ids():
+            if not self.nsx_v.vcns.validate_dvs(dvs_id):
+                raise nsx_exc.NsxAZResourceNotFound(
+                    res_name='dvs_id', res_id=dvs_id)
 
         # Validate the global & per-AZ validate_datacenter_moid
         if not self.nsx_v.vcns.validate_datacenter_moid(