diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/prediction/TransportPredictionTaskAction.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/prediction/TransportPredictionTaskAction.java
index 4a3f77a838..df0e4aa0e4 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/prediction/TransportPredictionTaskAction.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/prediction/TransportPredictionTaskAction.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package org.opensearch.ml.action.prediction;
 
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_MODEL_AUTO_DEPLOY_ENABLE;
+import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.MLExceptionUtils.LOCAL_MODEL_DISABLED_ERR_MSG;
 
 import org.opensearch.OpenSearchStatusException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequest;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.ml.helper.ModelAccessControlHelper;
 import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelCacheHelper;
 import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelManager;
+import org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLFeatureEnabledSetting;
 import org.opensearch.ml.task.MLPredictTaskRunner;
 import org.opensearch.ml.task.MLTaskRunner;
 import org.opensearch.ml.utils.RestActionUtils;
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ public class TransportPredictionTaskAction extends HandledTransportAction<Action
 
     private volatile boolean enableAutomaticDeployment;
 
+    private MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
+
     @Inject
     public TransportPredictionTaskAction(
         TransportService transportService,
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ public TransportPredictionTaskAction(
         NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry,
         MLModelManager mlModelManager,
         ModelAccessControlHelper modelAccessControlHelper,
+        MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting,
         Settings settings
     ) {
         super(MLPredictionTaskAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, MLPredictionTaskRequest::new);
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ public TransportPredictionTaskAction(
         this.xContentRegistry = xContentRegistry;
         this.mlModelManager = mlModelManager;
         this.modelAccessControlHelper = modelAccessControlHelper;
+        this.mlFeatureEnabledSetting = mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
         enableAutomaticDeployment = ML_COMMONS_MODEL_AUTO_DEPLOY_ENABLE.get(settings);
         clusterService
             .getClusterSettings()
@@ -107,6 +113,9 @@ public void onResponse(MLModel mlModel) {
                     context.restore();
                     modelCacheHelper.setModelInfo(modelId, mlModel);
                     FunctionName functionName = mlModel.getAlgorithm();
+                    if (FunctionName.isDLModel(functionName) && !mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isLocalModelInferenceEnabled()) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException(LOCAL_MODEL_DISABLED_ERR_MSG);
+                    }
                     mlPredictionTaskRequest.getMlInput().setAlgorithm(functionName);
                     modelAccessControlHelper
                         .validateModelGroupAccess(userInfo, mlModel.getModelGroupId(), client, ActionListener.wrap(access -> {
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/register/TransportRegisterModelAction.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/register/TransportRegisterModelAction.java
index e13ea03173..c3b3e9c587 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/register/TransportRegisterModelAction.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/register/TransportRegisterModelAction.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_TRUSTED_CONNECTOR_ENDPOINTS_REGEX;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_TRUSTED_URL_REGEX;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.task.MLTaskManager.TASK_SEMAPHORE_TIMEOUT;
+import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.MLExceptionUtils.LOCAL_MODEL_DISABLED_ERR_MSG;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.MLExceptionUtils.logException;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.ml.helper.ModelAccessControlHelper;
 import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelGroupManager;
 import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelManager;
+import org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLFeatureEnabledSetting;
 import org.opensearch.ml.stats.MLStats;
 import org.opensearch.ml.task.MLTaskDispatcher;
 import org.opensearch.ml.task.MLTaskManager;
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ public class TransportRegisterModelAction extends HandledTransportAction<ActionR
 
     ConnectorAccessControlHelper connectorAccessControlHelper;
     MLModelGroupManager mlModelGroupManager;
+    private MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
 
     @Inject
     public TransportRegisterModelAction(
@@ -112,7 +115,8 @@ public TransportRegisterModelAction(
         MLStats mlStats,
         ModelAccessControlHelper modelAccessControlHelper,
         ConnectorAccessControlHelper connectorAccessControlHelper,
-        MLModelGroupManager mlModelGroupManager
+        MLModelGroupManager mlModelGroupManager,
+        MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting
     ) {
         super(MLRegisterModelAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, MLRegisterModelRequest::new);
         this.transportService = transportService;
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ public TransportRegisterModelAction(
         this.modelAccessControlHelper = modelAccessControlHelper;
         this.connectorAccessControlHelper = connectorAccessControlHelper;
         this.mlModelGroupManager = mlModelGroupManager;
+        this.mlFeatureEnabledSetting = mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
         this.settings = settings;
 
         trustedUrlRegex = ML_COMMONS_TRUSTED_URL_REGEX.get(settings);
@@ -147,6 +152,9 @@ public TransportRegisterModelAction(
     protected void doExecute(Task task, ActionRequest request, ActionListener<MLRegisterModelResponse> listener) {
         MLRegisterModelRequest registerModelRequest = MLRegisterModelRequest.fromActionRequest(request);
         MLRegisterModelInput registerModelInput = registerModelRequest.getRegisterModelInput();
+        if (FunctionName.isDLModel(registerModelInput.getFunctionName()) && !mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isLocalModelInferenceEnabled()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(LOCAL_MODEL_DISABLED_ERR_MSG);
+        }
         if (registerModelInput.getUrl() != null && !isModelUrlAllowed) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                 "To upload custom model user needs to enable allow_registering_model_via_url settings. Otherwise please use OpenSearch pre-trained models."
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/prediction/TransportPredictionTaskActionTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/prediction/TransportPredictionTaskActionTests.java
index 461f2b834b..5aaf984441 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/prediction/TransportPredictionTaskActionTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/prediction/TransportPredictionTaskActionTests.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_MODEL_AUTO_DEPLOY_ENABLE;
+import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.MLExceptionUtils.LOCAL_MODEL_DISABLED_ERR_MSG;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.ml.helper.ModelAccessControlHelper;
 import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelCacheHelper;
 import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelManager;
+import org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLFeatureEnabledSetting;
 import org.opensearch.ml.task.MLPredictTaskRunner;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ public class TransportPredictionTaskActionTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
 
     @Mock
     private ModelAccessControlHelper modelAccessControlHelper;
+    @Mock
+    private MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
 
     @Mock
     ActionFilters actionFilters;
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ public void setup() {
         when(client.threadPool()).thenReturn(threadPool);
         when(threadPool.getThreadContext()).thenReturn(threadContext);
         when(clusterService.getClusterSettings()).thenReturn(clusterSettings);
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isLocalModelInferenceEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
 
         transportPredictionTaskAction = spy(
             new TransportPredictionTaskAction(
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ public void setup() {
                 xContentRegistry,
                 mlModelManager,
                 modelAccessControlHelper,
+                mlFeatureEnabledSetting,
                 settings
             )
         );
@@ -168,6 +174,21 @@ public void testPrediction_default_exception() {
         assertEquals("Failed to Validate Access for ModelId test_id", argumentCaptor.getValue().getMessage());
     }
 
+    public void testPrediction_local_model_not_exception() {
+        when(modelCacheHelper.getModelInfo(anyString())).thenReturn(model);
+        when(model.getAlgorithm()).thenReturn(FunctionName.TEXT_EMBEDDING);
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isLocalModelInferenceEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
+
+        IllegalStateException e = assertThrows(
+                IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> transportPredictionTaskAction.doExecute(null, mlPredictionTaskRequest, actionListener)
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+                e.getMessage(),
+                LOCAL_MODEL_DISABLED_ERR_MSG
+        );
+    }
+
     public void testPrediction_OpenSearchStatusException() {
         when(modelCacheHelper.getModelInfo(anyString())).thenReturn(model);
         when(model.getAlgorithm()).thenReturn(FunctionName.KMEANS);
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/register/TransportRegisterModelActionTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/register/TransportRegisterModelActionTests.java
index 83ecd01069..9a619f9d10 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/register/TransportRegisterModelActionTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/register/TransportRegisterModelActionTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_ALLOW_MODEL_URL;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_TRUSTED_CONNECTOR_ENDPOINTS_REGEX;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_TRUSTED_URL_REGEX;
+import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.MLExceptionUtils.LOCAL_MODEL_DISABLED_ERR_MSG;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.TestHelper.clusterSetting;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.ml.helper.ModelAccessControlHelper;
 import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelGroupManager;
 import org.opensearch.ml.model.MLModelManager;
+import org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLFeatureEnabledSetting;
 import org.opensearch.ml.stats.MLNodeLevelStat;
 import org.opensearch.ml.stats.MLStat;
 import org.opensearch.ml.stats.MLStats;
@@ -150,6 +152,9 @@ public class TransportRegisterModelActionTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
     @Mock
     private ConnectorAccessControlHelper connectorAccessControlHelper;
 
+    @Mock
+    private MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
+
     @Before
     public void setup() throws IOException {
         MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
@@ -184,7 +189,8 @@ public void setup() throws IOException {
             mlStats,
             modelAccessControlHelper,
             connectorAccessControlHelper,
-            mlModelGroupManager
+            mlModelGroupManager,
+            mlFeatureEnabledSetting
         );
         assertNotNull(transportRegisterModelAction);
 
@@ -216,6 +222,8 @@ public void setup() throws IOException {
             return null;
         }).when(mlModelGroupManager).validateUniqueModelGroupName(any(), any());
 
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isLocalModelInferenceEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
+
         when(clusterService.localNode()).thenReturn(node2);
         when(node2.getId()).thenReturn("node2Id");
 
@@ -226,6 +234,42 @@ public void setup() throws IOException {
         when(threadPool.getThreadContext()).thenReturn(threadContext);
     }
 
+    public void testDoExecute_LocalModelDisabledException() {
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isLocalModelInferenceEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
+
+        MLRegisterModelInput registerModelInput = MLRegisterModelInput
+                .builder()
+                .functionName(FunctionName.TEXT_EMBEDDING)
+                .deployModel(true)
+                .modelGroupId("modelGroupID")
+                .modelName("Test Model")
+                .modelConfig(
+                        new TextEmbeddingModelConfig(
+                                "CUSTOM",
+                                123,
+                                TextEmbeddingModelConfig.FrameworkType.SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS,
+                                "all config",
+                                TextEmbeddingModelConfig.PoolingMode.MEAN,
+                                true,
+                                512
+                        )
+                )
+                .modelFormat(MLModelFormat.TORCH_SCRIPT)
+                .url("http://test_url")
+                .build();
+
+        MLRegisterModelRequest mlRegisterModelRequest = new MLRegisterModelRequest(registerModelInput);
+
+        IllegalStateException e = assertThrows(
+                IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> transportRegisterModelAction.doExecute(task, mlRegisterModelRequest, actionListener)
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+                e.getMessage(),
+                LOCAL_MODEL_DISABLED_ERR_MSG
+        );
+    }
+
     public void testDoExecute_userHasNoAccessException() {
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
             ActionListener<Boolean> listener = invocation.getArgument(3);
@@ -328,7 +372,8 @@ public void testRegisterModelUrlNotAllowed() throws Exception {
             mlStats,
             modelAccessControlHelper,
             connectorAccessControlHelper,
-            mlModelGroupManager
+            mlModelGroupManager,
+            mlFeatureEnabledSetting
         );
 
         IllegalArgumentException e = assertThrows(