diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NNStorageRetentionManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NNStorageRetentionManager.java
index b81cfccd75..0564a05c32 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NNStorageRetentionManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NNStorageRetentionManager.java
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ public NNStorageRetentionManager(
     Preconditions.checkArgument(numExtraEditsToRetain >= 0,
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_NUM_EXTRA_EDITS_RETAINED_KEY +
         " must not be negative");
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(maxExtraEditsSegmentsToRetain >= 0,
+        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_MAX_EXTRA_EDITS_SEGMENTS_RETAINED_KEY +
+        " must not be negative");
     
     this.storage = storage;
     this.purgeableLogs = purgeableLogs;