diff --git a/src/sagemaker/session.py b/src/sagemaker/session.py
index c6a2014ae5..b2398e03d1 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/session.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/session.py
@@ -4347,11 +4347,59 @@ def submit(request):
             if model_package_group_name is not None and not model_package_group_name.startswith(
                 "arn:"
             ):
-                _create_resource(
-                    lambda: self.sagemaker_client.create_model_package_group(
-                        ModelPackageGroupName=request["ModelPackageGroupName"]
+                is_model_package_group_present = False
+                try:
+                    model_package_groups_response = self.search(
+                        resource="ModelPackageGroup",
+                        search_expression={
+                            "Filters": [
+                                {
+                                    "Name": "ModelPackageGroupName",
+                                    "Value": request["ModelPackageGroupName"],
+                                    "Operator": "Equals",
+                                }
+                            ],
+                        },
+                    )
+                    if len(model_package_groups_response.get("Results")) > 0:
+                        is_model_package_group_present = True
+                except Exception:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+                    model_package_groups = []
+                    model_package_groups_response = self.sagemaker_client.list_model_package_groups(
+                        NameContains=request["ModelPackageGroupName"],
+                    )
+                    model_package_groups = (
+                        model_package_groups
+                        + model_package_groups_response["ModelPackageGroupSummaryList"]
+                    )
+                    next_token = model_package_groups_response.get("NextToken")
+
+                    while next_token is not None and next_token != "":
+                        model_package_groups_response = (
+                            self.sagemaker_client.list_model_package_groups(
+                                NameContains=request["ModelPackageGroupName"], NextToken=next_token
+                            )
+                        )
+                        model_package_groups = (
+                            model_package_groups
+                            + model_package_groups_response["ModelPackageGroupSummaryList"]
+                        )
+                        next_token = model_package_groups_response.get("NextToken")
+
+                    filtered_model_package_group = list(
+                        filter(
+                            lambda mpg: mpg.get("ModelPackageGroupName")
+                            == request["ModelPackageGroupName"],
+                            model_package_groups,
+                        )
+                    )
+                    is_model_package_group_present = len(filtered_model_package_group) > 0
+                if not is_model_package_group_present:
+                    _create_resource(
+                        lambda: self.sagemaker_client.create_model_package_group(
+                            ModelPackageGroupName=request["ModelPackageGroupName"]
+                        )
                     )
-                )
             if "SourceUri" in request and request["SourceUri"] is not None:
                 # Remove inference spec from request if the
                 # given source uri can lead to auto-population of it
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_session.py b/tests/unit/test_session.py
index d2d2c3bcfb..f873e9b14c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_session.py
@@ -5006,6 +5006,7 @@ def test_create_model_package_with_sagemaker_config_injection(sagemaker_session)
     domain = "COMPUTER_VISION"
     task = "IMAGE_CLASSIFICATION"
     sample_payload_url = "s3://test-bucket/model"
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.return_value = {"Results": []}
     sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
         containers=containers,
         content_types=content_types,
@@ -5094,6 +5095,8 @@ def test_create_model_package_from_containers_with_source_uri_and_inference_spec
     skip_model_validation = "All"
     source_uri = "dummy-source-uri"
 
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.return_value = {"Results": []}
+
     created_versioned_mp_arn = (
         "arn:aws:sagemaker:us-west-2:123456789123:model-package/unit-test-package-version/1"
     )
@@ -5149,6 +5152,7 @@ def test_create_model_package_from_containers_with_source_uri_for_unversioned_mp
     approval_status = ("Approved",)
     skip_model_validation = "All"
     source_uri = "dummy-source-uri"
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.return_value = {"Results": []}
 
     with pytest.raises(
         ValueError,
@@ -5221,6 +5225,8 @@ def test_create_model_package_from_containers_with_source_uri_set_to_mp(sagemake
         return_value={"ModelPackageArn": created_versioned_mp_arn}
     )
 
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.return_value = {"Results": []}
+
     sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
         model_package_group_name=model_package_group_name,
         containers=containers,
@@ -5443,6 +5449,7 @@ def test_create_model_package_from_containers_without_instance_types(sagemaker_s
     approval_status = ("Approved",)
     description = "description"
     customer_metadata_properties = {"key1": "value1"}
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.return_value = {"Results": []}
     sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
         containers=containers,
         content_types=content_types,
@@ -5510,6 +5517,7 @@ def test_create_model_package_from_containers_with_one_instance_types(
     approval_status = ("Approved",)
     description = "description"
     customer_metadata_properties = {"key1": "value1"}
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.return_value = {"Results": []}
     sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
         containers=containers,
         content_types=content_types,
@@ -7183,3 +7191,65 @@ def test_delete_hub_content_reference(sagemaker_session):
     }
 
     sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.delete_hub_content_reference.assert_called_with(**request)
+
+
+def test_create_model_package_from_containers_to_create_mpg_if_not_present_without_search(
+    sagemaker_session,
+):
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.side_effect = Exception()
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.return_value = {}
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.list_model_package_groups.side_effect = [
+        {
+            "ModelPackageGroupSummaryList": [{"ModelPackageGroupName": "mock-mpg"}],
+            "NextToken": "NextToken",
+        },
+        {"ModelPackageGroupSummaryList": [{"ModelPackageGroupName": "mock-mpg-test"}]},
+    ]
+    sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
+        source_uri="mock-source-uri", model_package_group_name="mock-mpg"
+    )
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.create_model_package_group.assert_not_called()
+    sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
+        source_uri="mock-source-uri",
+        model_package_group_name="arn:aws:sagemaker:us-east-1:215995503607:model-package-group/mock-mpg",
+    )
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.create_model_package_group.assert_not_called()
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.list_model_package_groups.side_effect = [
+        {"ModelPackageGroupSummaryList": []}
+    ]
+    sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
+        source_uri="mock-source-uri", model_package_group_name="mock-mpg"
+    )
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.create_model_package_group.assert_called_with(
+        ModelPackageGroupName="mock-mpg"
+    )
+
+
+def test_create_model_package_from_containers_to_create_mpg_if_not_present(sagemaker_session):
+    # with search api
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.return_value = {
+        "Results": [
+            {
+                "ModelPackageGroup": {
+                    "ModelPackageGroupName": "mock-mpg",
+                    "ModelPackageGroupArn": "arn:aws:sagemaker:us-west-2:123456789012:model-package-group/mock-mpg",
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+    sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
+        source_uri="mock-source-uri", model_package_group_name="mock-mpg"
+    )
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.create_model_package_group.assert_not_called()
+    sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
+        source_uri="mock-source-uri",
+        model_package_group_name="arn:aws:sagemaker:us-east-1:215995503607:model-package-group/mock-mpg",
+    )
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.create_model_package_group.assert_not_called()
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.search.return_value = {"Results": []}
+    sagemaker_session.create_model_package_from_containers(
+        source_uri="mock-source-uri", model_package_group_name="mock-mpg"
+    )
+    sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.create_model_package_group.assert_called_with(
+        ModelPackageGroupName="mock-mpg"
+    )