diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/AbstractFSWAL.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/AbstractFSWAL.java
index b3445ab42423..fc452404979b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/AbstractFSWAL.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/AbstractFSWAL.java
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@ protected long getFileNumFromFileName(Path fileName) {
   }
 
   private int calculateMaxLogFiles(Configuration conf, long logRollSize) {
+    checkArgument(logRollSize > 0,
+      "The log roll size cannot be zero or negative when calculating max log files, "
+        + "current value is " + logRollSize);
     Pair<Long, MemoryType> globalMemstoreSize = MemorySizeUtil.getGlobalMemStoreSize(conf);
     return (int) ((globalMemstoreSize.getFirst() * 2) / logRollSize);
   }