diff --git a/cmd/site-replication.go b/cmd/site-replication.go
index 55e9dd5c0..382dec852 100644
--- a/cmd/site-replication.go
+++ b/cmd/site-replication.go
@@ -3980,6 +3980,9 @@ func (c *SiteReplicationSys) EditPeerCluster(ctx context.Context, peer madmin.Pe
 		}
 
 		if peer.DefaultBandwidth.IsSet {
+			if peer.DeploymentID == globalDeploymentID() {
+				return madmin.ReplicateEditStatus{}, errSRInvalidRequest(fmt.Errorf("invalid deployment id specified: expecting a peer deployment-id to be specified for restricting bandwidth from %s, found self %s", peer.Name, globalDeploymentID()))
+			}
 			pi.DefaultBandwidth = peer.DefaultBandwidth
 			pi.DefaultBandwidth.UpdatedAt = UTCNow()
 			successMsg = fmt.Sprintf("%s\n- default bandwidth %v for peer %s", successMsg, peer.DefaultBandwidth.Limit, peer.Name)