diff --git a/src/libxrpl/ledger/View.cpp b/src/libxrpl/ledger/View.cpp
index d5c94a9981..9d88ff9a33 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/ledger/View.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/ledger/View.cpp
@@ -800,7 +800,11 @@ transferRate(ReadView const& view, MPTID const& issuanceID)
     // which represents 50% of 1,000,000,000
     if (auto const sle = view.read(keylet::mptIssuance(issuanceID));
         sle && sle->isFieldPresent(sfTransferFee))
+    {
+        auto const fee = sle->getFieldU16(sfTransferFee);
+        XRPL_ASSERT(fee <= maxTransferFee, "xrpl::transferRate : fee is too large");
         return Rate{1'000'000'000u + 10'000 * sle->getFieldU16(sfTransferFee)};
+    }
 
     return parityRate;
 }