diff --git a/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/validation/validation.go b/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/validation/validation.go
index 376d281c9d..92b7fe5eb8 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/validation/validation.go
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ func Validate(config *kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration) field.ErrorList {
 	newPath := field.NewPath("KubeProxyConfiguration")
 
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateKubeProxyIPTablesConfiguration(config.IPTables, newPath.Child("KubeProxyIPTablesConfiguration"))...)
-	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateKubeProxyIPVSConfiguration(config.IPVS, newPath.Child("KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration"))...)
+	if config.Mode == kubeproxyconfig.ProxyModeIPVS {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateKubeProxyIPVSConfiguration(config.IPVS, newPath.Child("KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration"))...)
+	}
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateKubeProxyConntrackConfiguration(config.Conntrack, newPath.Child("KubeProxyConntrackConfiguration"))...)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateProxyMode(config.Mode, newPath.Child("Mode"))...)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateClientConnectionConfiguration(config.ClientConnection, newPath.Child("ClientConnection"))...)
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/validation/validation_test.go
index 2736e53af6..aaf5e9f4a9 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/apis/kubeproxyconfig/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func TestValidateKubeProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 				MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
 			},
+			Mode: kubeproxyconfig.ProxyModeIPVS,
 			IPVS: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration{
 				SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
 				MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
@@ -55,6 +56,26 @@ func TestValidateKubeProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				TCPCloseWaitTimeout:   &metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			BindAddress:        "192.168.59.103",
+			HealthzBindAddress: "0.0.0.0:10256",
+			MetricsBindAddress: "127.0.0.1:10249",
+			ClusterCIDR:        "192.168.59.0/24",
+			UDPIdleTimeout:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Second},
+			ConfigSyncPeriod:   metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Second},
+			IPTables: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyIPTablesConfiguration{
+				MasqueradeAll: true,
+				SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
+				MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+			},
+			Conntrack: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConntrackConfiguration{
+				Max:        pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+				MaxPerCore: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Min:        pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				TCPEstablishedTimeout: &metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
+				TCPCloseWaitTimeout:   &metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, successCase := range successCases {
@@ -81,10 +102,6 @@ func TestValidateKubeProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
 				},
-				IPVS: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration{
-					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
-				},
 				Conntrack: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConntrackConfiguration{
 					Max:        pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
 					MaxPerCore: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
@@ -109,10 +126,6 @@ func TestValidateKubeProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
 				},
-				IPVS: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration{
-					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
-				},
 				Conntrack: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConntrackConfiguration{
 					Max:        pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
 					MaxPerCore: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
@@ -137,10 +150,6 @@ func TestValidateKubeProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
 				},
-				IPVS: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration{
-					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
-				},
 				Conntrack: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConntrackConfiguration{
 					Max:        pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
 					MaxPerCore: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
@@ -165,10 +174,6 @@ func TestValidateKubeProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
 				},
-				IPVS: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration{
-					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
-				},
 				Conntrack: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConntrackConfiguration{
 					Max:        pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
 					MaxPerCore: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
@@ -193,10 +198,6 @@ func TestValidateKubeProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
 				},
-				IPVS: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration{
-					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
-				},
 				Conntrack: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConntrackConfiguration{
 					Max:        pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
 					MaxPerCore: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
@@ -221,10 +222,31 @@ func TestValidateKubeProxyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
 				},
-				IPVS: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration{
-					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
-					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
+				Conntrack: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConntrackConfiguration{
+					Max:        pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+					MaxPerCore: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					Min:        pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					TCPEstablishedTimeout: &metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
+					TCPCloseWaitTimeout:   &metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
 				},
+			},
+			msg: "must be greater than 0",
+		},
+		{
+			config: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration{
+				BindAddress:        "192.168.59.103",
+				HealthzBindAddress: "0.0.0.0:10256",
+				MetricsBindAddress: "127.0.0.1:10249",
+				ClusterCIDR:        "192.168.59.0/24",
+				UDPIdleTimeout:     metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Second},
+				ConfigSyncPeriod:   metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Second},
+				IPTables: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyIPTablesConfiguration{
+					MasqueradeAll: true,
+					SyncPeriod:    metav1.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
+					MinSyncPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Second},
+				},
+				// not specifying valid period in IPVS mode.
+				Mode: kubeproxyconfig.ProxyModeIPVS,
 				Conntrack: kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConntrackConfiguration{
 					Max:        pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
 					MaxPerCore: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),