diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/fix-ensure-consistent-versions_2025-01-29-22-15.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/fix-ensure-consistent-versions_2025-01-29-22-15.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..221f70a473c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/fix-ensure-consistent-versions_2025-01-29-22-15.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@microsoft/rush",
+      "comment": "Fix support for \"ensureConsistentVersions\" in common-versions.json when subspaces features is not enabled.",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@microsoft/rush"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/rush-lib/src/api/Subspace.ts b/libraries/rush-lib/src/api/Subspace.ts
index 4a6d4d06ca2..34476e5046c 100644
--- a/libraries/rush-lib/src/api/Subspace.ts
+++ b/libraries/rush-lib/src/api/Subspace.ts
@@ -326,16 +326,14 @@ export class Subspace {
    * @beta
    */
   public shouldEnsureConsistentVersions(variant?: string): boolean {
-    // If the subspaces feature is enabled, or the ensureConsistentVersions field is defined, return the value of the field
-    if (this._rushConfiguration.subspacesFeatureEnabled) {
-      const commonVersions: CommonVersionsConfiguration = this.getCommonVersions(variant);
-      if (commonVersions.ensureConsistentVersions !== undefined) {
-        return commonVersions.ensureConsistentVersions;
-      }
+    // If the ensureConsistentVersions field is defined, return the value of the field
+    const commonVersions: CommonVersionsConfiguration = this.getCommonVersions(variant);
+    if (commonVersions.ensureConsistentVersions !== undefined) {
+      return commonVersions.ensureConsistentVersions;
     }
 
-    // Fallback to ensureConsistentVersions in rush.json if subspaces is not enabled,
-    // or if the setting is not defined in the common-versions.json file
+    // Fallback to ensureConsistentVersions in rush.json if the setting is not defined in
+    // the common-versions.json file
     return this._rushConfiguration.ensureConsistentVersions;
   }