diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/configure_pipeline.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/configure_pipeline.tsx
index 75a0269f643cf..e3f771d0ba7e1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/configure_pipeline.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/configure_pipeline.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { useValues, useActions } from 'kea';
 
 import {
+  EuiCallOut,
   EuiFieldText,
   EuiForm,
   EuiFormRow,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import { IndexViewLogic } from '../../index_view_logic';
 
 import { EMPTY_PIPELINE_CONFIGURATION, MLInferenceLogic } from './ml_inference_logic';
 import { ModelSelect } from './model_select';
+import { ModelSelectLogic } from './model_select_logic';
 import { PipelineSelectOption } from './pipeline_select_option';
 
 const PIPELINE_SELECT_PLACEHOLDER_VALUE = 'pipeline_placeholder$$';
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ export const ConfigurePipeline: React.FC = () => {
   const { selectExistingPipeline, setInferencePipelineConfiguration } =
     useActions(MLInferenceLogic);
   const { ingestionMethod } = useValues(IndexViewLogic);
+  const { modelStateChangeError } = useValues(ModelSelectLogic);
   const { pipelineName } = configuration;
 
   const nameError = formErrors.pipelineName !== undefined && pipelineName.length > 0;
@@ -133,6 +136,22 @@ export const ConfigurePipeline: React.FC = () => {
                 }
               />
             </EuiFormRow>
+            {modelStateChangeError && (
+              <>
+                <EuiSpacer />
+                <EuiCallOut
+                  title={i18n.translate(
+                    'xpack.enterpriseSearch.content.indices.pipelines.addInferencePipelineModal.steps.configure.modelStateChangeError.title',
+                    { defaultMessage: 'Error changing model state' }
+                  )}
+                  color="danger"
+                  iconType="error"
+                >
+                  {modelStateChangeError}
+                </EuiCallOut>
+                <EuiSpacer />
+              </>
+            )}
             <EuiFormRow
               fullWidth
               label={i18n.translate(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/model_select_logic.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/model_select_logic.test.ts
index b38efe00210a0..1252d77bb776a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/model_select_logic.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/model_select_logic.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import { LogicMounter } from '../../../../../__mocks__/kea_logic';
 
+import { HttpError } from '../../../../../../../common/types/api';
 import { MlModel, MlModelDeploymentState } from '../../../../../../../common/types/ml';
 import { CachedFetchModelsApiLogic } from '../../../../api/ml_models/cached_fetch_models_api_logic';
 import {
@@ -124,6 +125,22 @@ describe('ModelSelectLogic', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('modelStateChangeError', () => {
+      it('gets error from API error response', () => {
+        const error = {
+          body: {
+            error: 'some-error',
+            message: 'some-error-message',
+            statusCode: 500,
+          },
+        } as HttpError;
+
+        StartModelApiLogic.actions.apiError(error);
+
+        expect(ModelSelectLogic.values.modelStateChangeError).toEqual('some-error-message');
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('selectableModels', () => {
       it('gets models data from API response', () => {
         CachedFetchModelsApiLogic.actions.apiSuccess(FETCH_MODELS_API_DATA_RESPONSE);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/model_select_logic.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/model_select_logic.ts
index 9f8c2b8b97612..5cfa2148203e1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/model_select_logic.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/model_select_logic.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { kea, MakeLogicType } from 'kea';
 
 import { HttpError, Status } from '../../../../../../../common/types/api';
 import { MlModel } from '../../../../../../../common/types/ml';
+import { getErrorsFromHttpResponse } from '../../../../../shared/flash_messages/handle_api_errors';
 import {
   CachedFetchModelsApiLogic,
   CachedFetchModlesApiLogicActions,
@@ -25,16 +26,18 @@ import {
 
 export interface ModelSelectActions {
   createModel: (modelId: string) => { modelId: string };
+  createModelError: CreateModelApiLogicActions['apiError'];
   createModelMakeRequest: CreateModelApiLogicActions['makeRequest'];
   createModelSuccess: CreateModelApiLogicActions['apiSuccess'];
 
   fetchModels: () => void;
-  fetchModelsMakeRequest: CachedFetchModlesApiLogicActions['makeRequest'];
   fetchModelsError: CachedFetchModlesApiLogicActions['apiError'];
+  fetchModelsMakeRequest: CachedFetchModlesApiLogicActions['makeRequest'];
   fetchModelsSuccess: CachedFetchModlesApiLogicActions['apiSuccess'];
   startPollingModels: CachedFetchModlesApiLogicActions['startPolling'];
 
   startModel: (modelId: string) => { modelId: string };
+  startModelError: CreateModelApiLogicActions['apiError'];
   startModelMakeRequest: StartModelApiLogicActions['makeRequest'];
   startModelSuccess: StartModelApiLogicActions['apiSuccess'];
 }
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ export interface ModelSelectValues {
   createModelStatus: Status;
   isLoading: boolean;
   isInitialLoading: boolean;
+  modelStateChangeError: string | undefined;
   modelsData: FetchModelsApiResponse | undefined;
   modelsStatus: Status;
   selectableModels: MlModel[];
@@ -118,6 +122,14 @@ export const ModelSelectLogic = kea<MakeLogicType<ModelSelectValues, ModelSelect
       (createModelStatus: Status, startModelStatus: Status) =>
         createModelStatus === Status.LOADING || startModelStatus === Status.LOADING,
     ],
+    modelStateChangeError: [
+      () => [selectors.createModelError, selectors.startModelError],
+      (createModelError?: HttpError, startModelError?: HttpError) => {
+        if (!createModelError && !startModelError) return undefined;
+
+        return getErrorsFromHttpResponse(createModelError ?? startModelError!)[0];
+      },
+    ],
     selectableModels: [
       () => [selectors.modelsData],
       (response: FetchModelsApiResponse) => response ?? [],