Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products of policy control for 5G multicast-broadcast services (5MBS) are provided. One method may include, when a multicast distribution session begins, selecting, by an ingress node, a control node for the multicast distribution session. The method may also include attempting to establish a policy association for the multicast distribution session with the control node, receiving a failure reply from the control node for establishing the policy association including an identifier of an already assigned second control node, establishing a policy control association related to the multicast distribution session with the second control node, providing the identifier (ID) of the multicast distribution session to the second control node, and receiving policies related to the multicast distribution session from the second control node.