diff --git a/agent/component/base.py b/agent/component/base.py
index 8c51d75550..6139ef14e9 100644
--- a/agent/component/base.py
+++ b/agent/component/base.py
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ class ComponentParamBase(ABC):
         if not param:
             raise ValueError(description + " does not support empty value.")
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def check_nonnegative_integer(param, description):
+        if type(param).__name__ not in ["int", "long"] or param < 0:
+            raise ValueError(description + " {} not supported, should be 0 or positive integer".format(param))
+
     @staticmethod
     def check_positive_integer(param, description):
         if type(param).__name__ not in ["int", "long"] or param <= 0:
diff --git a/agent/component/llm.py b/agent/component/llm.py
index cefe358709..1bb44f1319 100644
--- a/agent/component/llm.py
+++ b/agent/component/llm.py
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ class LLMParam(ComponentParamBase):
         self.check_decimal_float(float(self.top_p), "[Agent] Top P")
         self.check_empty(self.llm_id, "[Agent] LLM")
         self.check_empty(self.prompts, "[Agent] User prompt")
+        self.check_nonnegative_integer(self.max_retries, "[Agent] Max retries")
+        if hasattr(self, "max_rounds"):
+            self.check_defined_type(self.max_rounds, "[Agent] Max rounds", ["int"])
+            self.check_nonnegative_number(self.max_rounds, "[Agent] Max rounds")
 
     def gen_conf(self):
         conf = {}