diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftPlayer.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftPlayer.java
index 0bf8ced8aa..8da16ea0fe 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftPlayer.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftPlayer.java
@@ -2160,7 +2160,15 @@ public class CraftPlayer extends CraftHumanEntity implements Player {
             }
         }
         AttributeInstance dummy = new AttributeInstance(Attributes.MAX_HEALTH, (attribute) -> { });
-        dummy.setBaseValue(this.scaledHealth ? this.healthScale : this.getMaxHealth());
+        // Spigot start
+        double healthMod = this.scaledHealth ? this.healthScale : this.getMaxHealth();
+        if ( healthMod >= Float.MAX_VALUE || healthMod <= 0 )
+        {
+            healthMod = 20; // Reset health
+            this.getServer().getLogger().warning( this.getName() + " tried to crash the server with a large health attribute" );
+        }
+        dummy.setBaseValue(healthMod);
+        // Spigot end
         collection.add(dummy);
     }