diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Cache/RateLimiter.php b/src/Illuminate/Cache/RateLimiter.php
index f28c57a4d240..77d71a5afc3a 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Cache/RateLimiter.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Cache/RateLimiter.php
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public function remaining($key, $maxAttempts)
 
         $attempts = $this->attempts($key);
 
-        return $maxAttempts - $attempts;
+        return max(0, $maxAttempts - $attempts);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Cache/CacheRateLimiterTest.php b/tests/Cache/CacheRateLimiterTest.php
index a4e7d5e2a099..dc85daf3ea0b 100644
--- a/tests/Cache/CacheRateLimiterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Cache/CacheRateLimiterTest.php
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@ public function testHitHasNoMemoryLeak()
         $rateLimiter->hit('key', 1);
     }
 
+    public function testRemainingIsNotNegative(): void
+    {
+        $cache = m::mock(Cache::class);
+        $cache->shouldReceive('get')->with('key', 0)->andReturn(5);
+        $cache->shouldReceive('getStore')->andReturn(new ArrayStore);
+
+        $rateLimiter = new RateLimiter($cache);
+
+        $this->assertSame(0, $rateLimiter->remaining('key', 3));
+        $this->assertSame(0, $rateLimiter->retriesLeft('key', 3));
+    }
+
     public function testRetriesLeftReturnsCorrectCount()
     {
         $cache = m::mock(Cache::class);