diff --git a/lib/ash/error/framework/can_not_be_atomic.ex b/lib/ash/error/framework/can_not_be_atomic.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c98e8cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ash/error/framework/can_not_be_atomic.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+defmodule Ash.Error.Framework.CanNotBeAtomic do
+  @moduledoc "Used when a change that is only atomic cannot be done atomically"
+  use Ash.Error.Exception
+
+  use Splode.Error, fields: [:resource, :change, :reason], class: :framework
+
+  def message(error) do
+    """
+    #{inspect(error.resource)} #{error.change} only has an atomic/3 callback, but cannot be performed atomically
+
+    Reason: #{error.reason}
+    """
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/actions/bulk/bulk_create_test.exs b/test/actions/bulk/bulk_create_test.exs
index 57476d7a..a2254ea3 100644
--- a/test/actions/bulk/bulk_create_test.exs
+++ b/test/actions/bulk/bulk_create_test.exs
@@ -164,11 +164,6 @@ defmodule Ash.Test.Actions.BulkCreateTest do
       global? true
     end
 
-    validations do
-      validate AtomicOnlyValidation,
-        on: [:create]
-    end
-
     calculations do
       calculate :hidden_calc, :string, expr("something") do
         public?(true)
@@ -243,6 +238,10 @@ defmodule Ash.Test.Actions.BulkCreateTest do
 
         change set_context(%{authorize?: arg(:authorize?)})
       end
+
+      create :create_with_atomic_only_validation do
+        validate AtomicOnlyValidation
+      end
     end
 
     identities do
@@ -1289,4 +1288,19 @@ defmodule Ash.Test.Actions.BulkCreateTest do
              } = tag.related_tags
     end
   end
+
+  test "shows an error if an atomic only validation is used in a create" do
+    assert_raise Ash.Error.Framework.CanNotBeAtomic,
+                 ~r/Post AtomicOnlyValidation only has an atomic\/3 callback, but cannot be performed atomically/,
+                 fn ->
+                   [%{title: "title1", authorize?: true}, %{title: "title2", authorize?: true}]
+                   |> Ash.bulk_create!(
+                     Post,
+                     :create_with_atomic_only_validation,
+                     authorize?: true,
+                     return_stream?: true,
+                     return_records?: true
+                   )
+                 end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/actions/create_test.exs b/test/actions/create_test.exs
index 9f43c1d1..30d077c8 100644
--- a/test/actions/create_test.exs
+++ b/test/actions/create_test.exs
@@ -255,10 +255,6 @@ defmodule Ash.Test.Actions.CreateTest do
       private?(true)
     end
 
-    validations do
-      validate AtomicOnlyValidation
-    end
-
     actions do
       default_accept :*
       defaults [:read, :destroy, create: :*, update: :*]
@@ -270,6 +266,10 @@ defmodule Ash.Test.Actions.CreateTest do
       create :create_with_nested_array_argument do
         argument :array_of_names, {:array, {:array, :string}}
       end
+
+      create :with_atomic_only_validations do
+        validate AtomicOnlyValidation
+      end
     end
 
     changes do
@@ -1425,4 +1425,14 @@ defmodule Ash.Test.Actions.CreateTest do
 
     assert_receive {:error, _error}
   end
+
+  test "shows an error if an atomic only validation is used in a create" do
+    assert_raise Ash.Error.Framework.CanNotBeAtomic,
+                 ~r/Post AtomicOnlyValidation only has an atomic\/3 callback, but cannot be performed atomically/,
+                 fn ->
+                   Post
+                   |> Ash.Changeset.for_create(:with_atomic_only_validations, %{title: "foo"})
+                   |> Ash.create!()
+                 end
+  end
 end