diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/1061-ease-frozen-height-check-ics07-try-from.md b/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/1061-ease-frozen-height-check-ics07-try-from.md
index 40e230d61..d3aa5cacc 100644
--- a/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/1061-ease-frozen-height-check-ics07-try-from.md
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/1061-ease-frozen-height-check-ics07-try-from.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 - [ibc-client-tendermint-types] Ease frozen Height check in the tendermint
-  `ClientState` protobuf deserialization
-  ([\#1061](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-rs/issues/1061))
+  `ClientState` protobuf deserialization, and consequently include frozen client
+  check for client creation path.
+  ([\#1061](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-rs/issues/1061)),
+  ([\#1063](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-rs/pull/1063))
diff --git a/ibc-core/ics02-client/src/handler/create_client.rs b/ibc-core/ics02-client/src/handler/create_client.rs
index d0e1d4d0a..e0a47e05b 100644
--- a/ibc-core/ics02-client/src/handler/create_client.rs
+++ b/ibc-core/ics02-client/src/handler/create_client.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 //! Protocol logic specific to processing ICS2 messages of type `MsgCreateClient`.
 
-use ibc_core_client_context::client_state::{ClientStateCommon, ClientStateExecution};
+use ibc_core_client_context::client_state::{
+    ClientStateCommon, ClientStateExecution, ClientStateValidation,
+};
 use ibc_core_client_types::error::ClientError;
 use ibc_core_client_types::events::CreateClient;
 use ibc_core_client_types::msgs::MsgCreateClient;
@@ -26,10 +28,19 @@ where
 
     let client_state = ctx.decode_client_state(client_state)?;
 
-    client_state.verify_consensus_state(consensus_state)?;
-
     let client_id = client_state.client_type().build_client_id(id_counter);
 
+    let status = client_state.status(ctx.get_client_validation_context(), &client_id)?;
+
+    if status.is_frozen() {
+        return Err(ClientError::ClientFrozen {
+            description: "the client is frozen".to_string(),
+        }
+        .into());
+    };
+
+    client_state.verify_consensus_state(consensus_state)?;
+
     if ctx.client_state(&client_id).is_ok() {
         return Err(ClientError::ClientStateAlreadyExists { client_id }.into());
     };
diff --git a/ibc-testkit/tests/core/ics02_client/create_client.rs b/ibc-testkit/tests/core/ics02_client/create_client.rs
index 91d465d6b..3540aefb6 100644
--- a/ibc-testkit/tests/core/ics02_client/create_client.rs
+++ b/ibc-testkit/tests/core/ics02_client/create_client.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ use ibc::clients::tendermint::types::{
     client_type as tm_client_type, ConsensusState as TmConsensusState,
 };
 use ibc::core::client::context::client_state::ClientStateCommon;
+use ibc::core::client::types::error::ClientError;
 use ibc::core::client::types::msgs::{ClientMsg, MsgCreateClient};
 use ibc::core::client::types::Height;
 use ibc::core::entrypoint::{execute, validate};
+use ibc::core::handler::types::error::ContextError;
 use ibc::core::handler::types::msgs::MsgEnvelope;
 use ibc::core::host::ValidationContext;
 use ibc_testkit::fixtures::clients::tendermint::{
@@ -86,3 +88,34 @@ fn test_tm_create_client_ok() {
     assert_eq!(expected_client_state.client_type(), client_type);
     assert_eq!(ctx.client_state(&client_id).unwrap(), expected_client_state);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_invalid_frozen_tm_client_creation() {
+    let signer = dummy_account_id();
+
+    let ctx = MockContext::default();
+
+    let router = MockRouter::new_with_transfer();
+
+    let tm_header = dummy_tendermint_header();
+
+    let tm_client_state = dummy_tm_client_state_from_header(tm_header.clone())
+        .inner()
+        .clone()
+        .with_frozen_height(Height::min(0));
+
+    let msg = MsgCreateClient::new(
+        tm_client_state.into(),
+        TmConsensusState::from(tm_header).into(),
+        signer,
+    );
+
+    let msg_envelope = MsgEnvelope::from(ClientMsg::from(msg.clone()));
+
+    let res = validate(&ctx, &router, msg_envelope.clone());
+
+    assert!(matches!(
+        res,
+        Err(ContextError::ClientError(ClientError::ClientFrozen { .. }))
+    ))
+}