diff --git a/pkg/types/vsphere/validation/platform.go b/pkg/types/vsphere/validation/platform.go
index 75209d8bc0..8e66de87ae 100644
--- a/pkg/types/vsphere/validation/platform.go
+++ b/pkg/types/vsphere/validation/platform.go
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ func validateFailureDomains(p *vsphere.Platform, platformFldPath *field.Path, fl
 	zoneNames := make(map[string]string)
 
 	for index, failureDomain := range p.FailureDomains {
+		associatedVCenter = nil
 		if regionName, ok := zoneNames[failureDomain.Zone]; !ok {
 			zoneNames[failureDomain.Zone] = failureDomain.Region
 		} else if regionName == failureDomain.Region {
diff --git a/pkg/types/vsphere/validation/platform_test.go b/pkg/types/vsphere/validation/platform_test.go
index 099188dd99..cc317ef290 100644
--- a/pkg/types/vsphere/validation/platform_test.go
+++ b/pkg/types/vsphere/validation/platform_test.go
@@ -484,6 +484,15 @@ func TestValidatePlatform(t *testing.T) {
 			}(),
 			expectedError: `^test-path\.failureDomains\.server: Invalid value: "bad-vcenter": server does not exist in vcenters`,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Multi-zone platform wrong vCenter name in second failureDomain",
+			platform: func() *vsphere.Platform {
+				p := validPlatform()
+				p.FailureDomains[1].Server = "bad-vcenter"
+				return p
+			}(),
+			expectedError: `^test-path\.failureDomains\.server: Invalid value: "bad-vcenter": server does not exist in vcenters`,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "Multi-zone platform datacenter not in vCenter datacenters list",
 			platform: func() *vsphere.Platform {