diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_channel.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_channel.erl
index b9dc12b8b77c..1d2c59d34d00 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_channel.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_channel.erl
@@ -1013,15 +1013,6 @@ check_msg_size(Content, GCThreshold) ->
               Fmt, [Size, MaxMessageSize])
     end.
 
-check_vhost_queue_limit(#resource{name = QueueName}, VHost) ->
-  case rabbit_vhost_limit:is_over_queue_limit(VHost) of
-    false         -> ok;
-    {true, Limit} -> rabbit_misc:precondition_failed("cannot declare queue '~ts': "
-                               "queue limit in vhost '~ts' (~tp) is reached",
-                               [QueueName, VHost, Limit])
-
-  end.
-
 qbin_to_resource(QueueNameBin, VHostPath) ->
     name_to_resource(queue, QueueNameBin, VHostPath).
 
@@ -2471,7 +2462,6 @@ handle_method(#'queue.declare'{queue       = QueueNameBin,
             {ok, QueueName, MessageCount, ConsumerCount};
         {error, not_found} ->
             %% enforce the limit for newly declared queues only
-            check_vhost_queue_limit(QueueName, VHostPath),
             DlxKey = <<"x-dead-letter-exchange">>,
             case rabbit_misc:r_arg(VHostPath, exchange, Args, DlxKey) of
                undefined ->
diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_queue_type.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_queue_type.erl
index 12329ce488a0..286a1a1321a6 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_queue_type.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_queue_type.erl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 %%
 
 -module(rabbit_queue_type).
+-feature(maybe_expr, enable).
 
 -behaviour(rabbit_registry_class).
 
@@ -307,7 +308,12 @@ is_compatible(Type, Durable, Exclusive, AutoDelete) ->
 declare(Q0, Node) ->
     Q = rabbit_queue_decorator:set(rabbit_policy:set(Q0)),
     Mod = amqqueue:get_type(Q),
-    Mod:declare(Q, Node).
+    case check_queue_limits(Q) of
+        ok ->
+            Mod:declare(Q, Node);
+        Error ->
+            Error
+    end.
 
 -spec delete(amqqueue:amqqueue(), boolean(),
              boolean(), rabbit_types:username()) ->
@@ -765,3 +771,25 @@ known_queue_type_names() ->
     {QueueTypes, _} = lists:unzip(Registered),
     QTypeBins = lists:map(fun(X) -> atom_to_binary(X) end, QueueTypes),
     ?KNOWN_QUEUE_TYPES ++ QTypeBins.
+
+-spec check_queue_limits(amqqueue:amqqueue()) ->
+          ok |
+          {protocol_error, Type :: atom(), Reason :: string(), Args :: term()}.
+check_queue_limits(Q) ->
+    maybe
+        %% Prepare for more checks
+        ok ?= check_vhost_queue_limit(Q)
+    end.
+
+check_vhost_queue_limit(Q) ->
+    #resource{name = QueueName} = amqqueue:get_name(Q),
+    VHost = amqqueue:get_vhost(Q),
+    case rabbit_vhost_limit:is_over_queue_limit(VHost) of
+        false ->
+            ok;
+        {true, Limit} ->
+            {protocol_error, precondition_failed,
+             "cannot declare queue '~ts': "
+             "queue limit in vhost '~ts' (~tp) is reached",
+             [QueueName, VHost, Limit]}
+    end.