diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit.erl
index 67d49c188741..87580bc2e387 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit.erl
@@ -1751,10 +1751,26 @@ persist_static_configuration() ->
       [classic_queue_index_v2_segment_entry_count,
        classic_queue_store_v2_max_cache_size,
        classic_queue_store_v2_check_crc32,
-       incoming_message_interceptors,
-       credit_flow_default_credit
+       incoming_message_interceptors
       ]),
 
+    %% Disallow the following two cases:
+    %% 1. Negative values
+    %% 2. MoreCreditAfter greater than InitialCredit
+    CreditFlowDefaultCredit = case application:get_env(?MODULE, credit_flow_default_credit) of
+                     {ok, {InitialCredit, MoreCreditAfter}}
+                       when is_integer(InitialCredit) andalso
+                            is_integer(MoreCreditAfter) andalso
+                            InitialCredit > 0 andalso
+                            MoreCreditAfter > 0 andalso
+                            MoreCreditAfter < InitialCredit ->
+                         {InitialCredit, MoreCreditAfter};
+                     Other ->
+                       rabbit_log:error("Refusing to boot due to an invalid value of 'rabbit.credit_flow_default_credit'"),
+                       throw({error, {invalid_credit_flow_default_credit_value, Other}})
+               end,
+    ok = persistent_term:put(credit_flow_default_credit, CreditFlowDefaultCredit),
+
     %% Disallow 0 as it means unlimited:
     %% "If this field is zero or unset, there is no maximum
     %% size imposed by the link endpoint." [AMQP 1.0 §2.7.3]