diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java
index 05a4dec9075..1da07d526f2 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java
@@ -3164,10 +3164,10 @@ public void validate() throws ConfigurationException {
             throw new ConfigurationException("For persisiting explicitLac, journalFormatVersionToWrite should be >= 6"
                     + "and FileInfoFormatVersionToWrite should be >= 1");
         }
-        if (getMinorCompactionInterval() * SECOND < getGcWaitTime()) {
+        if (getMinorCompactionInterval() > 0 && getMinorCompactionInterval() * SECOND < getGcWaitTime()) {
             throw new ConfigurationException("minorCompactionInterval should be >= gcWaitTime.");
         }
-        if (getMajorCompactionInterval() * SECOND < getGcWaitTime()) {
+        if (getMajorCompactionInterval() > 0 && getMajorCompactionInterval() * SECOND < getGcWaitTime()) {
             throw new ConfigurationException("majorCompactionInterval should be >= gcWaitTime.");
         }
     }