diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts
index b95c8164dc1b5..977ea15cbec4c 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts
@@ -354,16 +354,16 @@ export class Canary extends cdk.Resource implements ec2.IConnectable {
       validateName(props.canaryName);
     }
 
-    if (props.cleanup === Cleanup.LAMBDA && props.provisionedResourceCleanup) {
-      throw new Error('Cannot specify `provisionedResourceCleanup` when `cleanup` is set to `Cleanup.LAMBDA`. Use only `provisionedResourceCleanup`.');
-    }
-
     super(scope, id, {
       physicalName: props.canaryName || cdk.Lazy.string({
         produce: () => this.generateUniqueName(),
       }),
     });
 
+    if (props.cleanup === Cleanup.LAMBDA && props.provisionedResourceCleanup) {
+      throw new ValidationError('Cannot specify `provisionedResourceCleanup` when `cleanup` is set to `Cleanup.LAMBDA`. Use only `provisionedResourceCleanup`.', this);
+    }
+
     this.artifactsBucket = props.artifactsBucketLocation?.bucket ?? new s3.Bucket(this, 'ArtifactsBucket', {
       encryption: s3.BucketEncryption.KMS_MANAGED,
       enforceSSL: true,