diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/include/rocprofiler-sdk/fwd.h b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/include/rocprofiler-sdk/fwd.h
index 99ac53aaf6..bc2009ae6a 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/include/rocprofiler-sdk/fwd.h
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/include/rocprofiler-sdk/fwd.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ typedef enum  // NOLINT(performance-enum-size)
                                                 ///< with current version of rocprofiler
     ROCPROFILER_STATUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT,  ///< Function invoked with one or more invalid
                                                 ///< arguments
+    ROCPROFILER_STATUS_ERROR_METRIC_NOT_VALID_FOR_AGENT,  ///< Invalid metric supplied to agent.
     ROCPROFILER_STATUS_LAST,
 } rocprofiler_status_t;
 
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/metrics.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/metrics.cpp
index df64c66465..a0c83751c9 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/metrics.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/metrics.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,30 @@ getMetricsForAgent(const std::string& agent)
     return empty;
 }
 
+bool
+checkValidMetric(const std::string& agent, const Metric& metric)
+{
+    static auto*& agent_to_id =
+        common::static_object<std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<uint64_t>>>::
+            construct([]() -> std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<uint64_t>> {
+                std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<uint64_t>> ret;
+                const auto& map = *CHECK_NOTNULL(getMetricMap());
+                for(const auto& [agent_name, metrics] : map)
+                {
+                    auto& id_set =
+                        ret.emplace(agent_name, std::unordered_set<uint64_t>{}).first->second;
+                    for(const auto& m : metrics)
+                    {
+                        id_set.insert(m.id());
+                    }
+                }
+                return ret;
+            }());
+
+    const auto* agent_map = common::get_val(*agent_to_id, agent);
+    return agent_map != nullptr && agent_map->count(metric.id()) > 0;
+}
+
 bool
 operator<(Metric const& lhs, Metric const& rhs)
 {
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/metrics.hpp b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/metrics.hpp
index 75cb308c1c..e0ac0b82b8 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/metrics.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/metrics.hpp
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ getMetricsForAgent(const std::string&);
  */
 const MetricIdMap*
 getMetricIdMap();
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a metric is valid for a given agent
+ **/
+bool
+checkValidMetric(const std::string& agent, const Metric& metric);
 }  // namespace counters
 }  // namespace rocprofiler
 
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/metrics_test.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/metrics_test.cpp
index 8cabd90520..5b0238680b 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/metrics_test.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/tests/metrics_test.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <glog/logging.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #include "lib/rocprofiler-sdk/agent.hpp"
 #include "lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/metrics.hpp"
 
@@ -121,3 +123,55 @@ TEST(metrics, derived_load)
         EXPECT_TRUE(equal(itr, *val)) << fmt::format("\n\t{} \n\t\t!= \n\t{}", itr, *val);
     }
 }
+
+TEST(metrics, check_agent_valid)
+{
+    const auto& rocp_data      = *counters::getMetricMap();
+    auto        common_metrics = [&]() -> std::set<uint64_t> {
+        std::set<uint64_t> ret;
+        for(const auto& [gfx, counters] : rocp_data)
+        {
+            std::set<uint64_t> counter_ids;
+            for(const auto& metric : counters)
+            {
+                counter_ids.insert(metric.id());
+            }
+
+            if(ret.empty())
+            {
+                ret = counter_ids;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                std::set<uint64_t> out_intersection;
+                std::set_intersection(ret.begin(),
+                                      ret.end(),
+                                      counter_ids.begin(),
+                                      counter_ids.end(),
+                                      std::inserter(out_intersection, out_intersection.begin()));
+            }
+
+            if(ret.empty()) return ret;
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }();
+
+    for(const auto& [gfx, counters] : rocp_data)
+    {
+        for(const auto& metric : counters)
+        {
+            ASSERT_EQ(counters::checkValidMetric(gfx, metric), true)
+                << gfx << " " << fmt::format("{}", metric);
+        }
+
+        for(const auto& [other_gfx, other_counters] : rocp_data)
+        {
+            if(other_gfx == gfx) continue;
+            for(const auto& metric : other_counters)
+            {
+                if(common_metrics.count(metric.id())) continue;
+                EXPECT_EQ(counters::checkValidMetric(gfx, metric), false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/profile_config.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/profile_config.cpp
index 4545f9e9c3..3d253e0f96 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/profile_config.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/profile_config.cpp
@@ -51,13 +51,16 @@ rocprofiler_create_profile_config(rocprofiler_agent_t              agent,
         std::make_shared<rocprofiler::counters::profile_config>();
 
     const auto& id_map = *CHECK_NOTNULL(rocprofiler::counters::getMetricIdMap());
-
     for(size_t i = 0; i < counters_count; i++)
     {
         auto& counter_id = counters_list[i];
 
         const auto* metric_ptr = rocprofiler::common::get_val(id_map, counter_id.handle);
         if(!metric_ptr) return ROCPROFILER_STATUS_ERROR_COUNTER_NOT_FOUND;
+        if(!rocprofiler::counters::checkValidMetric(std::string(agent.name), *metric_ptr))
+        {
+            return ROCPROFILER_STATUS_ERROR_METRIC_NOT_VALID_FOR_AGENT;
+        }
         config->metrics.push_back(*metric_ptr);
     }
 
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/rocprofiler.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/rocprofiler.cpp
index c6c7abe308..4fffaa7dd2 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/rocprofiler.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/rocprofiler.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ ROCPROFILER_STATUS_STRING(ROCPROFILER_STATUS_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_ABI,
                           "with this version of rocprofiler")
 ROCPROFILER_STATUS_STRING(ROCPROFILER_STATUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT,
                           "Function invoked with one or more invalid arguments")
+ROCPROFILER_STATUS_STRING(ROCPROFILER_STATUS_ERROR_METRIC_NOT_VALID_FOR_AGENT,
+                          "Metric is not valid for the agent")
 
 template <size_t Idx, size_t... Tail>
 const char*