diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index b4c7b88bde..34e319505b 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ func setWS(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 // setIPC creates an IPC path configuration from the set command line flags,
 // returning an empty string if IPC was explicitly disabled, or the set path.
 func setIPC(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
+	checkExclusive(ctx, IPCDisabledFlag, IPCPathFlag)
 	switch {
 	case ctx.GlobalBool(IPCDisabledFlag.Name):
 		cfg.IPCPath = ""