diff --git a/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/AllocationsContext.tsx b/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/AllocationsContext.tsx
index 5105687f..3cd28e25 100644
--- a/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/AllocationsContext.tsx
+++ b/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/AllocationsContext.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Address, zeroAddress } from 'viem'
 import { useAccount } from 'wagmi'
 import { createActions } from './allocationsActions'
 import { useGetBackerRewards } from '../hooks/useBuildersWithBackerRewardPercentage'
+import { validateAllocationsState } from './utils'
 
 export type Allocations = {
   [K: Address]: bigint
@@ -146,18 +147,6 @@ export const AllocationsContextProvider: FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ childr
     }, {} as Builders)
   }, [rawBuilders, backerRewards])
 
-  /**
-   * Retrieval functions
-   */
-  const getBuilder = useCallback((address: Address) => builders[address], [builders])
-
-  const isValidState = useCallback(() => {
-    const { balance, cumulativeAllocation, amountToAllocate } = backer
-    // FIXME: verify that the initial state has changed compared to what we want to save
-
-    return cumulativeAllocation <= balance && amountToAllocate <= balance
-  }, [backer])
-
   /**
    * Reactive state updates
    */
@@ -240,6 +229,22 @@ export const AllocationsContextProvider: FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ childr
     }
   }, [rawAllocations, rawBuilders, totalOnchainAllocation, selections, votingPower, isContextLoading])
 
+  /**
+   * Getters
+   */
+  const getBuilder = useCallback((address: Address) => builders[address], [builders])
+
+  const isValidState = useCallback(
+    () =>
+      validateAllocationsState({
+        backer,
+        initialAllocations: initialState.allocations,
+        currentAllocations: allocations,
+        totalOnchainAllocation: totalOnchainAllocation as bigint,
+      }),
+    [backer, allocations, totalOnchainAllocation, initialState.allocations],
+  )
+
   const state: State = useMemo(() => {
     return {
       selections,
diff --git a/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/utils.ts b/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ac8a6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { Address } from 'viem'
+import { Allocations, Backer } from './AllocationsContext'
+
+export type ValidateAllocationsStateParams = {
+  backer: Pick<Backer, 'amountToAllocate' | 'balance' | 'cumulativeAllocation'>
+  initialAllocations: Allocations
+  currentAllocations: Allocations
+  totalOnchainAllocation: bigint
+}
+export const validateAllocationsState = ({
+  backer,
+  initialAllocations,
+  currentAllocations,
+  totalOnchainAllocation = 0n,
+}: ValidateAllocationsStateParams): boolean => {
+  const { balance, cumulativeAllocation, amountToAllocate } = backer
+
+  if (cumulativeAllocation > balance || amountToAllocate > balance) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  if (totalOnchainAllocation === cumulativeAllocation) {
+    return Object.entries(initialAllocations).some(([builder, allocation]) => {
+      return allocation !== currentAllocations[builder as Address]
+    })
+  }
+
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/utis.test.ts b/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/utis.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87497096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/collective-rewards/allocations/context/utis.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { Allocations, Backer } from './AllocationsContext'
+import { validateAllocationsState, ValidateAllocationsStateParams } from './utils'
+
+describe('Allocations context utils', () => {
+  describe('validateAllocationsState', () => {
+    const backer: Backer = {
+      balance: 1000n,
+      cumulativeAllocation: 10n,
+      amountToAllocate: 10n,
+      allocationsCount: 2,
+    }
+    const initialAllocations: Allocations = {
+      '0x1': 3n,
+    }
+    const currentAllocations: Allocations = {
+      '0x1': 5n,
+      '0x2': 5n,
+    }
+    const inputs: ValidateAllocationsStateParams = {
+      backer,
+      initialAllocations,
+      currentAllocations,
+      totalOnchainAllocation: 3n,
+    }
+
+    it('should return false if cumulative allocation > balance', () => {
+      const isValidState = validateAllocationsState({
+        ...inputs,
+        backer: {
+          amountToAllocate: 1n,
+          cumulativeAllocation: 10n,
+          balance: 5n,
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(isValidState).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('should return false if amount to allocate > balance', () => {
+      const isValidState = validateAllocationsState({
+        ...inputs,
+        backer: {
+          cumulativeAllocation: 1n,
+          amountToAllocate: 10n,
+          balance: 5n,
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(isValidState).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('should return true if totalOnchainAllocation and cumulativeAllocation are different', () => {
+      const isValidState = validateAllocationsState({
+        ...inputs,
+        totalOnchainAllocation: 1n,
+        backer: {
+          ...backer,
+          cumulativeAllocation: 2n,
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(isValidState).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('should return false if initialAllocations and currentAllocations are the same', () => {
+      const isValidState = validateAllocationsState({
+        ...inputs,
+        totalOnchainAllocation: 1n,
+        backer: {
+          ...backer,
+          cumulativeAllocation: 1n,
+        },
+        initialAllocations,
+        currentAllocations: {
+          ...initialAllocations,
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(isValidState).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+})