diff --git a/src/crimson/os/seastore/onode_manager/staged-fltree/value.cc b/src/crimson/os/seastore/onode_manager/staged-fltree/value.cc
index 3d9538d55aa..bfaba92b4dc 100644
--- a/src/crimson/os/seastore/onode_manager/staged-fltree/value.cc
+++ b/src/crimson/os/seastore/onode_manager/staged-fltree/value.cc
@@ -115,6 +115,44 @@ void validate_tree_config(const tree_conf_t& conf)
   ceph_assert(conf.internal_node_size % DISK_BLOCK_SIZE == 0);
   ceph_assert(conf.leaf_node_size <= MAX_NODE_SIZE);
   ceph_assert(conf.leaf_node_size % DISK_BLOCK_SIZE == 0);
+
+  if (conf.do_split_check) {
+    // In hope to comply with 3 * (oid + ns) + 2 * value < node
+    //
+    // see node_layout.h for NODE_BLOCK_SIZE considerations
+    //
+    // The below calculations also consider the internal indexing overhead in
+    // order to be accurate, so the equation has become:
+    //   node-header-size + 2 * max-full-insert-size +
+    //   max-ns/oid-split-overhead <= node-size
+
+    auto obj = ghobject_t{shard_id_t{0}, 0, 0, "", "", 0, 0};
+    key_hobj_t key(obj);
+    auto max_str_size = conf.max_ns_size + conf.max_oid_size;
+#define _STAGE_T(NodeType) node_to_stage_t<typename NodeType::node_stage_t>
+#define NXT_T(StageType)  staged<typename StageType::next_param_t>
+
+    laddr_t i_value{0};
+    auto insert_size_2 =
+      _STAGE_T(InternalNode0)::template insert_size<KeyT::HOBJ>(key, i_value);
+    auto insert_size_0 =
+      NXT_T(NXT_T(_STAGE_T(InternalNode0)))::template insert_size<KeyT::HOBJ>(key, i_value);
+    unsigned internal_size_bound = sizeof(node_header_t) +
+                                   (insert_size_2 + max_str_size) * 2 +
+                                   (insert_size_2 - insert_size_0 + max_str_size);
+    ceph_assert(internal_size_bound <= conf.internal_node_size);
+
+    value_config_t l_value;
+    l_value.payload_size = conf.max_value_payload_size;
+    insert_size_2 =
+      _STAGE_T(LeafNode0)::template insert_size<KeyT::HOBJ>(key, l_value);
+    insert_size_0 =
+      NXT_T(NXT_T(_STAGE_T(LeafNode0)))::template insert_size<KeyT::HOBJ>(key, l_value);
+    unsigned leaf_size_bound = sizeof(node_header_t) +
+                               (insert_size_2 + max_str_size) * 2 +
+                               (insert_size_2 - insert_size_0 + max_str_size);
+    ceph_assert(leaf_size_bound <= conf.leaf_node_size);
+  }
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/crimson/os/seastore/onode_manager/staged-fltree/value.h b/src/crimson/os/seastore/onode_manager/staged-fltree/value.h
index f91468d0432..2aa7ee8d40f 100644
--- a/src/crimson/os/seastore/onode_manager/staged-fltree/value.h
+++ b/src/crimson/os/seastore/onode_manager/staged-fltree/value.h
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ struct tree_conf_t {
   value_size_t max_value_payload_size;
   extent_len_t internal_node_size;
   extent_len_t leaf_node_size;
+  bool do_split_check = true;
 };
 
 class tree_cursor_t;
diff --git a/src/test/crimson/seastore/onode_tree/test_value.h b/src/test/crimson/seastore/onode_tree/test_value.h
index cb509363837..42795529b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/crimson/seastore/onode_tree/test_value.h
+++ b/src/test/crimson/seastore/onode_tree/test_value.h
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ template <value_magic_t MAGIC,
           string_size_t MAX_OID_SIZE,
           value_size_t  MAX_VALUE_PAYLOAD_SIZE,
           extent_len_t  INTERNAL_NODE_SIZE,
-          extent_len_t  LEAF_NODE_SIZE>
+          extent_len_t  LEAF_NODE_SIZE,
+          bool          DO_SPLIT_CHECK>
 class TestValue final : public Value {
  public:
   static constexpr tree_conf_t TREE_CONF = {
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ class TestValue final : public Value {
     MAX_OID_SIZE,
     MAX_VALUE_PAYLOAD_SIZE,
     INTERNAL_NODE_SIZE,
-    LEAF_NODE_SIZE
+    LEAF_NODE_SIZE,
+    DO_SPLIT_CHECK
   };
 
   using id_t = test_item_t::id_t;
@@ -201,8 +203,8 @@ class TestValue final : public Value {
 };
 
 using UnboundedValue = TestValue<
-  value_magic_t::TEST_UNBOUND, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096>;
+  value_magic_t::TEST_UNBOUND, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, false>;
 using BoundedValue   = TestValue<
-  value_magic_t::TEST_BOUNDED,  320,  320,  640, 4096, 4096>;
+  value_magic_t::TEST_BOUNDED,  320,  320,  640, 4096, 4096, true>;
 
 }