diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
index 91812e655178..4ba246c40479 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
@@ -464,7 +464,11 @@ public void handle(final HttpRequest request, final HttpResponse response, final
                         responseType = param.getValue();
                         continue;
                     }
-                    parameterMap.put(param.getName(), new String[]{param.getValue()});
+                    if(parameterMap.putIfAbsent(param.getName(), new String[]{param.getValue()}) != null) {
+                        String message = String.format("Query parameter '%s' has multiple values [%s, %s]. Only the last value will be respected." +
+                            "It is advised to pass only a single parameter", param.getName(), param.getValue(), parameterMap.get(param.getName()));
+                        s_logger.warn(message);
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java
index 3d4167eaf4c8..09195e0fe227 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServlet.java
@@ -136,6 +136,17 @@ public void run() {
         });
     }
 
+    private void checkSingleQueryParameterValue(Map<String, String[]> params) {
+        params.forEach((k, v) -> {
+            if (v.length > 1) {
+                String message = String.format("Query parameter '%s' has multiple values %s. Only the last value will be respected." +
+                    "It is advised to pass only a single parameter", k, Arrays.toString(v));
+                s_logger.warn(message);
+            }
+        });
+
+    }
+
     void processRequestInContext(final HttpServletRequest req, final HttpServletResponse resp) {
         InetAddress remoteAddress = null;
         try {
@@ -156,7 +167,9 @@ void processRequestInContext(final HttpServletRequest req, final HttpServletResp
         // get the response format since we'll need it in a couple of places
         String responseType = HttpUtils.RESPONSE_TYPE_XML;
         final Map<String, Object[]> params = new HashMap<String, Object[]>();
-        params.putAll(req.getParameterMap());
+        Map<String, String[]> reqParams = req.getParameterMap();
+        checkSingleQueryParameterValue(reqParams);
+        params.putAll(reqParams);
 
         // For HTTP GET requests, it seems that HttpServletRequest.getParameterMap() actually tries
         // to unwrap URL encoded content from ISO-9959-1.