diff --git a/x/auth/vesting/types/vesting_account.go b/x/auth/vesting/types/vesting_account.go
index 0f537f616..ed2158b60 100644
--- a/x/auth/vesting/types/vesting_account.go
+++ b/x/auth/vesting/types/vesting_account.go
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ package types
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	cryptotypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	vestexported "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/vesting/exported"
 )
@@ -423,6 +425,20 @@ func (pva PeriodicVestingAccount) Validate() error {
 		return errors.New("original vesting coins does not match the sum of all coins in vesting periods")
 	}
 
+	for i, period := range pva.VestingPeriods {
+		if !period.Amount.IsValid() {
+			return sdkerrors.ErrInvalidCoins.Wrap(period.Amount.String())
+		}
+
+		if !period.Amount.IsAllPositive() {
+			return sdkerrors.ErrInvalidCoins.Wrap(period.Amount.String())
+		}
+
+		if period.Length < 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid period length of %d in period %d, length must be greater than 0", period.Length, i)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return pva.BaseVestingAccount.Validate()
 }
 
diff --git a/x/auth/vesting/types/vesting_account_test.go b/x/auth/vesting/types/vesting_account_test.go
index 80afdbe88..bd0b6ec8b 100644
--- a/x/auth/vesting/types/vesting_account_test.go
+++ b/x/auth/vesting/types/vesting_account_test.go
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ func TestTrackUndelegationPermLockedVestingAcc(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGenesisAccountValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 	pubkey := secp256k1.GenPrivKey().PubKey()
 	addr := sdk.AccAddress(pubkey.Address())
 	baseAcc := authtypes.NewBaseAccount(addr, pubkey, 0, 0)
@@ -697,7 +698,15 @@ func TestGenesisAccountValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"valid periodic vesting account",
-			types.NewPeriodicVestingAccount(baseAcc, initialVesting, 0, types.Periods{types.Period{Length: int64(100), Amount: sdk.Coins{sdk.NewInt64Coin(sdk.DefaultBondDenom, 50)}}}, nil),
+			types.NewPeriodicVestingAccount(
+				baseAcc,
+				initialVesting,
+				0,
+				types.Periods{
+					types.Period{Length: int64(100), Amount: sdk.Coins{sdk.NewInt64Coin(sdk.DefaultBondDenom, 50)}},
+				},
+				nil,
+			),
 			false,
 		},
 		{
@@ -714,6 +723,37 @@ func TestGenesisAccountValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				0, types.Periods{types.Period{Length: int64(100), Amount: sdk.Coins{sdk.NewInt64Coin(sdk.DefaultBondDenom, 25)}}}),
 			true,
 		},
+		{
+			"Empty coin amount should fail",
+			types.NewPeriodicVestingAccountRaw(
+				baseVestingWithCoins,
+				0, types.Periods{types.Period{Length: int64(100), Amount: sdk.Coins{}}}),
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"Less than 1 coin period should fail",
+			types.NewPeriodicVestingAccountRaw(
+				baseVestingWithCoins,
+				0, types.Periods{types.Period{Length: int64(0), Amount: sdk.Coins{sdk.NewInt64Coin(sdk.DefaultBondDenom, 25)}}}),
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"Negative coin amount should fail",
+			types.NewPeriodicVestingAccountRaw(
+				baseVestingWithCoins,
+				0, types.Periods{types.Period{Length: int64(100), Amount: sdk.Coins{sdk.Coin{
+					Denom:  sdk.DefaultBondDenom,
+					Amount: sdk.NewInt(-123),
+				}}}}),
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"Less than 1 coin period should fail",
+			types.NewPeriodicVestingAccountRaw(
+				baseVestingWithCoins,
+				0, types.Periods{types.Period{Length: int64(-1), Amount: sdk.Coins{sdk.NewInt64Coin(sdk.DefaultBondDenom, 25)}}}),
+			true,
+		},
 		{
 			"valid permanent locked vesting account",
 			types.NewPermanentLockedAccount(baseAcc, initialVesting, nil),