diff --git a/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/RingHashLoadBalancer.java b/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/RingHashLoadBalancer.java
index 55440fde8e..928e8e8bf8 100644
--- a/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/RingHashLoadBalancer.java
+++ b/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/RingHashLoadBalancer.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import static io.grpc.ConnectivityState.TRANSIENT_FAILURE;
 
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedInteger;
 import io.grpc.Attributes;
 import io.grpc.ConnectivityState;
 import io.grpc.ConnectivityStateInfo;
@@ -84,11 +85,10 @@ final class RingHashLoadBalancer extends LoadBalancer {
   public boolean acceptResolvedAddresses(ResolvedAddresses resolvedAddresses) {
     logger.log(XdsLogLevel.DEBUG, "Received resolution result: {0}", resolvedAddresses);
     List<EquivalentAddressGroup> addrList = resolvedAddresses.getAddresses();
-    if (addrList.isEmpty()) {
-      handleNameResolutionError(Status.UNAVAILABLE.withDescription("Ring hash lb error: EDS "
-          + "resolution was successful, but returned server addresses are empty."));
+    if (!validateAddrList(addrList)) {
       return false;
     }
+
     Map<EquivalentAddressGroup, EquivalentAddressGroup> latestAddrs = stripAttrs(addrList);
     Set<EquivalentAddressGroup> removedAddrs =
         Sets.newHashSet(Sets.difference(subchannels.keySet(), latestAddrs.keySet()));
@@ -166,6 +166,47 @@ final class RingHashLoadBalancer extends LoadBalancer {
     return true;
   }
 
+  private boolean validateAddrList(List<EquivalentAddressGroup> addrList) {
+    if (addrList.isEmpty()) {
+      handleNameResolutionError(Status.UNAVAILABLE.withDescription("Ring hash lb error: EDS "
+          + "resolution was successful, but returned server addresses are empty."));
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    long totalWeight = 0;
+    for (EquivalentAddressGroup eag : addrList) {
+      Long weight = eag.getAttributes().get(InternalXdsAttributes.ATTR_SERVER_WEIGHT);
+
+      if (weight == null) {
+        weight = 1L;
+      }
+
+      if (weight < 0) {
+        handleNameResolutionError(Status.UNAVAILABLE.withDescription(
+            String.format("Ring hash lb error: EDS resolution was successful, but returned a "
+                + "negative weight for %s.", stripAttrs(eag))));
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (weight > UnsignedInteger.MAX_VALUE.longValue()) {
+        handleNameResolutionError(Status.UNAVAILABLE.withDescription(
+            String.format("Ring hash lb error: EDS resolution was successful, but returned a weight"
+                + " too large to fit in an unsigned int for %s.", stripAttrs(eag))));
+        return false;
+      }
+      totalWeight += weight;
+    }
+
+    if (totalWeight > UnsignedInteger.MAX_VALUE.longValue()) {
+      handleNameResolutionError(Status.UNAVAILABLE.withDescription(
+          String.format(
+              "Ring hash lb error: EDS resolution was successful, but returned a sum of weights too"
+              + " large to fit in an unsigned int (%d).", totalWeight)));
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
   private static List<RingEntry> buildRing(
       Map<EquivalentAddressGroup, Long> serverWeights, long totalWeight, double scale) {
     List<RingEntry> ring = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/RingHashLoadBalancerTest.java b/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/RingHashLoadBalancerTest.java
index aae297d1ac..a4435625b0 100644
--- a/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/RingHashLoadBalancerTest.java
+++ b/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/RingHashLoadBalancerTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedInteger;
 import io.grpc.Attributes;
 import io.grpc.CallOptions;
 import io.grpc.ConnectivityStateInfo;
@@ -961,6 +962,46 @@ public class RingHashLoadBalancerTest {
         .requestConnection();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void largeWeights() {
+    RingHashConfig config = new RingHashConfig(10000, 100000);  // large ring
+    List<EquivalentAddressGroup> servers =
+        createWeightedServerAddrs(Integer.MAX_VALUE, 10, 100); // MAX:10:100
+    boolean addressesAccepted = loadBalancer.acceptResolvedAddresses(
+        ResolvedAddresses.newBuilder()
+            .setAddresses(servers).setLoadBalancingPolicyConfig(config).build());
+    assertThat(addressesAccepted).isTrue();
+
+    // Try value between max signed and max unsigned int
+    servers = createWeightedServerAddrs(Integer.MAX_VALUE + 100L, 100); // (MAX+100):100
+    addressesAccepted = loadBalancer.acceptResolvedAddresses(
+        ResolvedAddresses.newBuilder()
+            .setAddresses(servers).setLoadBalancingPolicyConfig(config).build());
+    assertThat(addressesAccepted).isTrue();
+
+    // Try a negative value
+    servers = createWeightedServerAddrs(10, -20, 100); // 10:-20:100
+    addressesAccepted = loadBalancer.acceptResolvedAddresses(
+        ResolvedAddresses.newBuilder()
+            .setAddresses(servers).setLoadBalancingPolicyConfig(config).build());
+    assertThat(addressesAccepted).isFalse();
+
+    // Try an individual value larger than max unsigned int
+    long maxUnsigned = UnsignedInteger.MAX_VALUE.longValue();
+    servers = createWeightedServerAddrs(maxUnsigned + 10, 10, 100); // uMAX+10:10:100
+    addressesAccepted = loadBalancer.acceptResolvedAddresses(
+        ResolvedAddresses.newBuilder()
+            .setAddresses(servers).setLoadBalancingPolicyConfig(config).build());
+    assertThat(addressesAccepted).isFalse();
+
+    // Try a sum of values larger than max unsigned int
+    servers = createWeightedServerAddrs(Integer.MAX_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 100); // MAX:MAX:100
+    addressesAccepted = loadBalancer.acceptResolvedAddresses(
+        ResolvedAddresses.newBuilder()
+            .setAddresses(servers).setLoadBalancingPolicyConfig(config).build());
+    assertThat(addressesAccepted).isFalse();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void hostSelectionProportionalToWeights() {
     RingHashConfig config = new RingHashConfig(10000, 100000);  // large ring