diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiter.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiter.java
index 09579103..ab34615f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiter.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.core.style.ToStringCreator;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.ReactiveStringRedisTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.script.RedisScript;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
 
 /**
@@ -332,6 +333,8 @@ public class RedisRateLimiter extends AbstractRateLimiter<RedisRateLimiter.Confi
 		}
 
 		public Config setBurstCapacity(int burstCapacity) {
+			Assert.isTrue(burstCapacity >= this.replenishRate, "BurstCapacity(" + burstCapacity
+					+ ") must be greater than or equal than replenishRate(" + this.replenishRate + ")");
 			this.burstCapacity = burstCapacity;
 			return this;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiterConfigTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiterConfigTests.java
index 2e4d1fce..fcdf3ec3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiterConfigTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiterConfigTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.ratelimit;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringBootConfiguration;
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@ public class RedisRateLimiterConfigTests {
 		routeLocator.getRoutes().collectList().block();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void shouldThrowAnErrorWhenReplenishRateIsHigherThanBurstCapacity() {
+		Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(() -> new RedisRateLimiter(10, 5)).isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void redisRateConfiguredFromEnvironment() {
 		assertFilter("redis_rate_limiter_config_test", 10, 20, 1, false);