diff --git a/sdk/python/foundation-models/system/import/import_model_into_registry.ipynb b/sdk/python/foundation-models/system/import/import_model_into_registry.ipynb
index 5f373c0025..357c0f5efc 100644
--- a/sdk/python/foundation-models/system/import/import_model_into_registry.ipynb
+++ b/sdk/python/foundation-models/system/import/import_model_into_registry.ipynb
@@ -298,6 +298,29 @@
     "TOKEN = None"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "4208871d",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Check if the MODEL_ID passed is a valid HuggingFace ID\n",
+    "from huggingface_hub import HfApi, ModelFilter\n",
+    "\n",
+    "hf_api = HfApi()\n",
+    "model_infos = hf_api.list_models(filter=ModelFilter(model_name=MODEL_ID))\n",
+    "model_info = [info for info in model_infos if info.modelId == MODEL_ID]\n",
+    "valid_hf_id = False\n",
+    "if model_info and model_info[0].modelId == MODEL_ID:\n",
+    "    valid_hf_id = True\n",
+    "\n",
+    "if not valid_hf_id:\n",
+    "    raise ValueError(\n",
+    "        \"Found invalid HF ID. Please select the correct HF ID and try again.\"\n",
+    "    )"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,