diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 94399222f3..a7dcac723c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 5.1
+ * Do not fail to start a node with materialized views after they are turned off in config (CASSANDRA-20452)
  * Fix nodetool gcstats output, support human-readable units and more output formats (CASSANDRA-19022)
  * Various gossip to TCM upgrade fixes (CASSANDRA-20483)
  * Add nodetool command to abort failed nodetool cms initialize (CASSANDRA-20482)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/schema/CreateViewStatement.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/schema/CreateViewStatement.java
index f6c8135bb1..40cbee967b 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/schema/CreateViewStatement.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/schema/CreateViewStatement.java
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ public final class CreateViewStatement extends AlterSchemaStatement
     @Override
     public void validate(ClientState state)
     {
+        if (!DatabaseDescriptor.getMaterializedViewsEnabled())
+            throw ire("Materialized views are disabled. Enable in cassandra.yaml to use.");
+
         super.validate(state);
 
         // save the query state to use it for guardrails validation in #apply
@@ -114,13 +117,9 @@ public final class CreateViewStatement extends AlterSchemaStatement
     @Override
     public Keyspaces apply(ClusterMetadata metadata)
     {
-        if (!DatabaseDescriptor.getMaterializedViewsEnabled())
-            throw ire("Materialized views are disabled. Enable in cassandra.yaml to use.");
-
         /*
          * Basic dependency validations
          */
-
         Keyspaces schema = metadata.schema.getKeyspaces();
         KeyspaceMetadata keyspace = schema.getNullable(keyspaceName);
         if (null == keyspace)
diff --git a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/MaterializedViewTest.java b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/MaterializedViewTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f42977339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/MaterializedViewTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.cassandra.distributed;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.apache.cassandra.distributed.test.TestBaseImpl;
+
+import static org.apache.cassandra.distributed.api.ConsistencyLevel.ALL;
+
+public class MaterializedViewTest extends TestBaseImpl
+{
+    @Test
+    public void testDisablingMaterializedViewsDontFailNodeToStart() throws Throwable
+    {
+        try (Cluster cluster = init(Cluster.build(1)
+                                           .withConfig(c -> c.set("materialized_views_enabled", true))
+                                           .start()))
+        {
+            cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (id uuid, col1 text, col2 text, primary key (id));");
+            cluster.schemaChange("CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW " + KEYSPACE + ".a_view AS SELECT id, col1, col2 " +
+                                 "FROM tbl WHERE col2 IS NOT NULL AND id IS NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY (col2, id) " +
+                                 "WITH CLUSTERING ORDER BY (id ASC);");
+            cluster.coordinator(1).execute(withKeyspace("select * from %s.a_view"), ALL);
+
+            cluster.get(1).shutdown().get();
+            cluster.get(1).config().set("materialized_views_enabled", false);
+            cluster.get(1).startup();
+
+            cluster.coordinator(1).execute(withKeyspace("select * from %s.a_view"), ALL);
+        }
+    }
+}