diff --git a/pkg/harvester/dialog/HarvesterMigrationDialog.vue b/pkg/harvester/dialog/HarvesterMigrationDialog.vue
index e50ac071..c65521c4 100644
--- a/pkg/harvester/dialog/HarvesterMigrationDialog.vue
+++ b/pkg/harvester/dialog/HarvesterMigrationDialog.vue
@@ -70,13 +70,17 @@ export default {
       return resource;
     },
 
+    cpuPinningAlertMessage() {
+      return this.t('harvester.virtualMachine.cpuPinning.migrationMessage');
+    },
+
     nodeNameList() {
       const nodes = this.$store.getters['harvester/all'](NODE);
 
       return nodes.filter((n) => {
         const isNotSelfNode = !!this.availableNodes.includes(n.id);
         const isNotWitnessNode = n.isEtcd !== 'true'; // do not allow to migrate to self node and witness node
-        const isCpuPinning = this.actionResource?.spec?.template?.spec?.domain?.cpu?.dedicatedCpuPlacement;
+        const isCpuPinning = this.actionResource?.isCpuPinning;
         const matchingCpuManagerConfig = !isCpuPinning || n.isCPUManagerEnabled; // If cpu-pinning is enabled, filter-out non-enabled CPU manager nodes.
 
         return isNotSelfNode && isNotWitnessNode && matchingCpuManagerConfig;
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ export default {
     </template>
 
     <template #body>
+      <Banner v-if="actionResource?.isCpuPinning" color="warning" :label="cpuPinningAlertMessage" />
       <LabeledSelect
         v-model:value="nodeName"
         :label="t('harvester.modal.migration.fields.nodeName.label')"
@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ export default {
         />
       </div>
 
-      <Banner v-for="(err, i) in errors" :key="i"/>
+      <Banner v-for="(err, i) in errors" :key="i" color="error" :label="err" />
     </template>
   </Card>
 </template>
diff --git a/pkg/harvester/l10n/en-us.yaml b/pkg/harvester/l10n/en-us.yaml
index ba6575ba..6d87e340 100644
--- a/pkg/harvester/l10n/en-us.yaml
+++ b/pkg/harvester/l10n/en-us.yaml
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ harvester:
       label: Enable CPU Pinning
       tooltip: Enable CPU Pinning brings better performance and reduce latency for the virtual machine 
       restartVMMessage: Changing the CPU Pinning setting requires a virtual machine reboot for the change to take effect
+      migrationMessage: This virtual machine can only be migrated to a target node that has CPU Manager enabled, as CPU Pinning is configured.
     restartNow: |-
       {restart, select,
         true {Restart}
diff --git a/pkg/harvester/models/kubevirt.io.virtualmachine.js b/pkg/harvester/models/kubevirt.io.virtualmachine.js
index ee2ebe76..61bd5527 100644
--- a/pkg/harvester/models/kubevirt.io.virtualmachine.js
+++ b/pkg/harvester/models/kubevirt.io.virtualmachine.js
@@ -459,6 +459,10 @@ export default class VirtVm extends HarvesterResource {
     return null;
   }
 
+  get isCpuPinning() {
+    return this.spec?.template?.spec?.domain?.cpu?.dedicatedCpuPlacement === true;
+  }
+
   get isVMExpectedRunning() {
     if (!this?.spec) {
       return false;