diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml
index db140ddc1e..2fafae7df1 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/connect-inject-deployment.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 {{- if and .Values.global.peering.enabled (not .Values.connectInject.enabled) }}{{ fail "setting global.peering.enabled to true requires connectInject.enabled to be true" }}{{ end }}
 {{- if and .Values.global.peering.enabled (not .Values.global.tls.enabled) }}{{ fail "setting global.peering.enabled to true requires global.tls.enabled to be true" }}{{ end }}
 {{- if and .Values.global.peering.enabled (not .Values.meshGateway.enabled) }}{{ fail "setting global.peering.enabled to true requires meshGateway.enabled to be true" }}{{ end }}
-{{- if and .Values.externalServers.enabled .Values.global.cloud.enabled (gt (len .Values.externalServers.hosts) 0) (regexMatch ".+.hashicorp.cloud$" ( first .Values.externalServers.hosts )) }}{{fail "global.cloud.enabled cannot be used in combination with an HCP-managed cluster address in externalServers.hosts. global.cloud.enabled is for linked self-managed clusters."}}{{- end }}
 {{- if (or (and (ne (.Values.connectInject.enabled | toString) "-") .Values.connectInject.enabled) (and (eq (.Values.connectInject.enabled | toString) "-") .Values.global.enabled)) }}
 {{- if and .Values.global.adminPartitions.enabled (not .Values.global.enableConsulNamespaces) }}{{ fail "global.enableConsulNamespaces must be true if global.adminPartitions.enabled=true" }}{{ end }}
 {{ template "consul.validateVaultWebhookCertConfiguration" . }}
 {{- template "consul.reservedNamesFailer" (list .Values.connectInject.consulNamespaces.consulDestinationNamespace "connectInject.consulNamespaces.consulDestinationNamespace") }}
 {{- if and .Values.externalServers.enabled (not .Values.externalServers.hosts) }}{{ fail "externalServers.hosts must be set if externalServers.enabled is true" }}{{ end -}}
+{{- if and .Values.externalServers.enabled .Values.global.cloud.enabled }}
+  {{- if and (gt (len .Values.externalServers.hosts) 0) (regexMatch ".+.hashicorp.cloud$" ( first .Values.externalServers.hosts )) }}{{fail "global.cloud.enabled cannot be used in combination with an HCP-managed cluster address in externalServers.hosts. global.cloud.enabled is for linked self-managed clusters."}}{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if and .Values.externalServers.skipServerWatch (not .Values.externalServers.enabled) }}{{ fail "externalServers.enabled must be set if externalServers.skipServerWatch is true" }}{{ end -}}
 {{- $dnsEnabled := (or (and (ne (.Values.dns.enabled | toString) "-") .Values.dns.enabled) (and (eq (.Values.dns.enabled | toString) "-") .Values.connectInject.transparentProxy.defaultEnabled)) -}}
 {{- $dnsRedirectionEnabled := (or (and (ne (.Values.dns.enableRedirection | toString) "-") .Values.dns.enableRedirection) (and (eq (.Values.dns.enableRedirection | toString) "-") .Values.connectInject.transparentProxy.defaultEnabled)) -}}