diff --git a/x/authz/CHANGELOG.md b/x/authz/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f0802cb09..cf43756435 100644
--- a/x/authz/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/x/authz/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * [#18737](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18737) Added a limit of 200 grants pruned per `BeginBlock` and the `PruneExpiredGrants` message that prunes 75 expired grants on every run.
 * [#20161](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/20161) Added `RevokeAll` method to revoke all grants at once.
+* [#20687](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/20687) Prevent user to grant authz MsgGrant to other accounts. Preventing user from accidentally authorizing their entire account to a different account.
 
 ### API Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/x/authz/README.md b/x/authz/README.md
index e1da4fceee..1f703bd56f 100644
--- a/x/authz/README.md
+++ b/x/authz/README.md
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ In this section we describe the processing of messages for the authz module.
 An authorization grant is created using the `MsgGrant` message.
 If there is already a grant for the `(granter, grantee, Authorization)` triple, then the new grant overwrites the previous one. To update or extend an existing grant, a new grant with the same `(granter, grantee, Authorization)` triple should be created.
 
+An authorization grant for authz `MsgGrant` is not allowed and will return an error. This is for preventing user from accidentally authorizing their entire account to a different account.
+
 ```protobuf reference
 https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/v0.47.0-rc1/proto/cosmos/authz/v1beta1/tx.proto#L35-L45
 ```
diff --git a/x/authz/keeper/keeper_test.go b/x/authz/keeper/keeper_test.go
index a10c4289e7..35589d1fe9 100644
--- a/x/authz/keeper/keeper_test.go
+++ b/x/authz/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) SetupTest() {
 
 	queryHelper := baseapp.NewQueryServerTestHelper(s.ctx, s.encCfg.InterfaceRegistry)
 	authz.RegisterQueryServer(queryHelper, s.authzKeeper)
+	authz.RegisterMsgServer(s.baseApp.MsgServiceRouter(), s.authzKeeper)
 	queryClient := authz.NewQueryClient(queryHelper)
 	s.queryClient = queryClient
 
diff --git a/x/authz/keeper/msg_server.go b/x/authz/keeper/msg_server.go
index b7c0e7d664..1722a4f0bb 100644
--- a/x/authz/keeper/msg_server.go
+++ b/x/authz/keeper/msg_server.go
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ func (k Keeper) Grant(ctx context.Context, msg *authz.MsgGrant) (*authz.MsgGrant
 		return nil, sdkerrors.ErrInvalidType.Wrapf("%s doesn't exist", t)
 	}
 
+	// Disable granting other accounts with grant permission.
+	// Preventing user from accidentally authorizing their entire account to a different account.
+	if t == sdk.MsgTypeURL(&authz.MsgGrant{}) {
+		return nil, sdkerrors.ErrInvalidType.Wrap("authz msgGrant is not allowed")
+	}
+
 	err = k.SaveGrant(ctx, grantee, granter, authorization, msg.Grant.Expiration)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/x/authz/keeper/msg_server_test.go b/x/authz/keeper/msg_server_test.go
index 6313f8a3f8..ccce5a6f09 100644
--- a/x/authz/keeper/msg_server_test.go
+++ b/x/authz/keeper/msg_server_test.go
@@ -199,6 +199,20 @@ func (suite *TestSuite) TestGrant() {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid grant with msg grant",
+			malleate: func() *authz.MsgGrant {
+				grant, err := authz.NewGrant(curBlockTime, authz.NewGenericAuthorization("/cosmos.authz.v1beta1.MsgGrant"), nil)
+				suite.Require().NoError(err)
+				return &authz.MsgGrant{
+					Granter: granterStrAddr,
+					Grantee: granteeStrAddr,
+					Grant:   grant,
+				}
+			},
+			expErr: true,
+			errMsg: "authz msgGrant is not allowed",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {