diff --git a/.changelog/13880.txt b/.changelog/13880.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31cdaca0fd7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/13880.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+namespaces: Fixed a bug that allowed deleting a namespace that contained a CSI volume
+```
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store.go b/nomad/state/state_store.go
index 3542e82af4ef..2c5021351ad2 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store.go
@@ -2316,6 +2316,11 @@ func (s *StateStore) CSIVolumesByNodeID(ws memdb.WatchSet, prefix, nodeID string
 func (s *StateStore) CSIVolumesByNamespace(ws memdb.WatchSet, namespace, prefix string) (memdb.ResultIterator, error) {
 	txn := s.db.ReadTxn()
 
+	return s.csiVolumesByNamespaceImpl(txn, ws, namespace, prefix)
+}
+
+func (s *StateStore) csiVolumesByNamespaceImpl(txn *txn, ws memdb.WatchSet, namespace, prefix string) (memdb.ResultIterator, error) {
+
 	iter, err := txn.Get("csi_volumes", "id_prefix", namespace, prefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("volume lookup failed: %v", err)
@@ -6002,6 +6007,17 @@ func (s *StateStore) DeleteNamespaces(index uint64, names []string) error {
 			}
 		}
 
+		vIter, err := s.csiVolumesByNamespaceImpl(txn, nil, name, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		rawVol := vIter.Next()
+		if rawVol != nil {
+			vol := rawVol.(*structs.CSIVolume)
+			return fmt.Errorf("namespace %q contains at least one CSI volume %q. "+
+				"All CSI volumes in namespace must be deleted before it can be deleted", name, vol.ID)
+		}
+
 		// Delete the namespace
 		if err := txn.Delete(TableNamespaces, existing); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("namespace deletion failed: %v", err)