diff --git a/hazelcast-spring-tests/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/spring/TestFullApplicationContext.java b/hazelcast-spring-tests/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/spring/TestFullApplicationContext.java
index 359872ed532b..137a8caf9993 100644
--- a/hazelcast-spring-tests/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/spring/TestFullApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hazelcast-spring-tests/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/spring/TestFullApplicationContext.java
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ public void testCacheConfig() {
 
         WanReplicationRef wanRef = cacheConfig.getWanReplicationRef();
         assertEquals("testWan", wanRef.getName());
-        assertEquals("PUT_IF_ABSENT", wanRef.getMergePolicyClassName());
+        assertEquals("PutIfAbsentMergePolicy", wanRef.getMergePolicyClassName());
         assertEquals(1, wanRef.getFilters().size());
         assertEquals("com.example.SampleFilter", wanRef.getFilters().get(0));
     }
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ public void testMapConfig() {
         // test testMapConfig2's WanReplicationConfig
         WanReplicationRef wanReplicationRef = testMapConfig2.getWanReplicationRef();
         assertEquals("testWan", wanReplicationRef.getName());
-        assertEquals("PUT_IF_ABSENT", wanReplicationRef.getMergePolicyClassName());
+        assertEquals("PutIfAbsentMergePolicy", wanReplicationRef.getMergePolicyClassName());
         assertTrue(wanReplicationRef.isRepublishingEnabled());
 
         assertEquals(1000, testMapConfig2.getEvictionConfig().getSize());
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ public void testMapNoWanMergePolicy() {
         // test testMapConfig2's WanReplicationConfig
         WanReplicationRef wanReplicationRef = testMapConfig2.getWanReplicationRef();
         assertEquals("testWan", wanReplicationRef.getName());
-        assertEquals("PUT_IF_ABSENT", wanReplicationRef.getMergePolicyClassName());
+        assertEquals("PutIfAbsentMergePolicy", wanReplicationRef.getMergePolicyClassName());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/hazelcast-spring-tests/src/test/resources/com/hazelcast/spring/fullConfig-applicationContext-hazelcast.xml b/hazelcast-spring-tests/src/test/resources/com/hazelcast/spring/fullConfig-applicationContext-hazelcast.xml
index cd49df9ad643..bf777c4d7aa4 100644
--- a/hazelcast-spring-tests/src/test/resources/com/hazelcast/spring/fullConfig-applicationContext-hazelcast.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-spring-tests/src/test/resources/com/hazelcast/spring/fullConfig-applicationContext-hazelcast.xml
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
                               implementation="dummyMapStore"
                               write-delay-seconds="0"
                               initial-mode="LAZY"/>
-                <hz:wan-replication-ref name="testWan" merge-policy-class-name="PUT_IF_ABSENT"/>
+                <hz:wan-replication-ref name="testWan" merge-policy-class-name="PutIfAbsentMergePolicy"/>
 
                 <hz:entry-listeners>
                     <hz:entry-listener class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyEntryListener" include-value="true"/>
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
             </hz:map>
 
             <hz:cache name="testCache" disable-per-entry-invalidation-events="true">
-                <hz:wan-replication-ref name="testWan" merge-policy-class-name="PUT_IF_ABSENT"
+                <hz:wan-replication-ref name="testWan" merge-policy-class-name="PutIfAbsentMergePolicy"
                                         republishing-enabled="false">
                     <hz:filters>
                         <hz:filter-impl>com.example.SampleFilter</hz:filter-impl>
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/map/impl/MapContainer.java b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/map/impl/MapContainer.java
index e393f81151f1..e8450cfb62db 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/map/impl/MapContainer.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/map/impl/MapContainer.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ public class MapContainer {
      * Holds number of registered {@link InvalidationListener} from clients.
      */
     protected final AtomicInteger invalidationListenerCount = new AtomicInteger();
+    protected final AtomicLong lastInvalidMergePolicyCheckTime = new AtomicLong();
 
     protected SplitBrainMergePolicy wanMergePolicy;
     protected DelegatingWanScheme wanReplicationDelegate;
@@ -169,6 +171,10 @@ public Indexes createIndexes(boolean global) {
                 .build();
     }
 
+    public AtomicLong getLastInvalidMergePolicyCheckTime() {
+        return lastInvalidMergePolicyCheckTime;
+    }
+
     private class IndexResultFilterFactory implements Supplier<Predicate<QueryableEntry>> {
 
         @Override
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/map/impl/operation/MergeOperation.java b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/map/impl/operation/MergeOperation.java
index 2df90e4d2459..cc613c9a050f 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/map/impl/operation/MergeOperation.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/map/impl/operation/MergeOperation.java
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 
 package com.hazelcast.map.impl.operation;
 
+import com.hazelcast.config.InvalidConfigurationException;
 import com.hazelcast.internal.serialization.Data;
+import com.hazelcast.internal.util.Clock;
 import com.hazelcast.map.impl.MapDataSerializerHook;
 import com.hazelcast.map.impl.record.Record;
 import com.hazelcast.nio.ObjectDataInput;
@@ -31,8 +33,12 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 import static com.hazelcast.core.EntryEventType.MERGED;
+import static com.hazelcast.internal.config.MergePolicyValidator.checkMapMergePolicy;
 
 /**
  * Contains multiple merge entries for split-brain
@@ -43,6 +49,8 @@
 public class MergeOperation extends MapOperation
         implements PartitionAwareOperation, BackupAwareOperation {
 
+    private static final long MERGE_POLICY_CHECK_PERIOD = TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(1);
+
     private boolean disableWanReplicationEvent;
     private List<MapMergeTypes<Object, Object>> mergingEntries;
     private SplitBrainMergePolicy<Object, MapMergeTypes<Object, Object>, Object> mergePolicy;
@@ -77,6 +85,16 @@ protected boolean disableWanReplicationEvent() {
 
     @Override
     protected void runInternal() {
+        // Check once in a minute as earliest to avoid log bursts.
+        if (shouldCheckNow(mapContainer.getLastInvalidMergePolicyCheckTime())) {
+            try {
+                checkMapMergePolicy(mapContainer.getMapConfig(), mergePolicy.getClass().getName(),
+                        getNodeEngine().getSplitBrainMergePolicyProvider());
+            } catch (InvalidConfigurationException e) {
+                logger().log(Level.WARNING, e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+        }
+
         hasMapListener = mapEventPublisher.hasEventListener(name);
         hasWanReplication = mapContainer.isWanReplicationEnabled()
                 && !disableWanReplicationEvent;
@@ -100,6 +118,16 @@ protected void runInternal() {
         }
     }
 
+    private static boolean shouldCheckNow(AtomicLong lastLogTime) {
+        long now = Clock.currentTimeMillis();
+        long lastLogged = lastLogTime.get();
+        if (now - lastLogged >= MERGE_POLICY_CHECK_PERIOD) {
+            return lastLogTime.compareAndSet(lastLogged, now);
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     private void merge(MapMergeTypes<Object, Object> mergingEntry) {
         Data dataKey = getNodeEngine().toData(mergingEntry.getRawKey());
         Data oldValue = hasMapListener ? getValue(dataKey) : null;
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/spi/impl/NodeEngineImpl.java b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/spi/impl/NodeEngineImpl.java
index 6791af8fdb9b..6d6fa48bcb64 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/spi/impl/NodeEngineImpl.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/spi/impl/NodeEngineImpl.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import com.hazelcast.cluster.Address;
 import com.hazelcast.cluster.impl.MemberImpl;
 import com.hazelcast.config.Config;
+import com.hazelcast.config.MapConfig;
+import com.hazelcast.config.WanReplicationRef;
 import com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastException;
 import com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance;
 import com.hazelcast.instance.impl.Node;
@@ -80,9 +82,11 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
+import static com.hazelcast.internal.config.MergePolicyValidator.checkMapMergePolicy;
 import static com.hazelcast.internal.metrics.MetricDescriptorConstants.MEMORY_PREFIX;
 import static com.hazelcast.internal.metrics.impl.MetricsConfigHelper.memberMetricsLevel;
 import static com.hazelcast.internal.util.EmptyStatement.ignore;
@@ -151,17 +155,20 @@ public NodeEngineImpl(Node node) {
             this.wanReplicationService = node.getNodeExtension().createService(WanReplicationService.class);
             this.sqlService = new SqlServiceImpl(this);
             this.packetDispatcher = new PacketDispatcher(
-                logger,
-                operationService.getOperationExecutor(),
-                operationService.getInboundResponseHandlerSupplier().get(),
-                operationService.getInvocationMonitor(),
-                eventService,
-                getJetPacketConsumer(node.getNodeExtension()),
-                sqlService
+                    logger,
+                    operationService.getOperationExecutor(),
+                    operationService.getInboundResponseHandlerSupplier().get(),
+                    operationService.getInvocationMonitor(),
+                    eventService,
+                    getJetPacketConsumer(node.getNodeExtension()),
+                    sqlService
             );
             this.splitBrainProtectionService = new SplitBrainProtectionServiceImpl(this);
             this.diagnostics = newDiagnostics();
-            this.splitBrainMergePolicyProvider = new SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(this);
+            this.splitBrainMergePolicyProvider = new SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(configClassLoader);
+
+            checkMapMergePolicies(node);
+
             this.tenantControlService = new TenantControlServiceImpl(this);
             serviceManager.registerService(OperationServiceImpl.SERVICE_NAME, operationService);
             serviceManager.registerService(OperationParker.SERVICE_NAME, operationParker);
@@ -178,6 +185,22 @@ public NodeEngineImpl(Node node) {
         }
     }
 
+    private void checkMapMergePolicies(Node node) {
+        Map<String, MapConfig> mapConfigs = node.config.getMapConfigs();
+        for (MapConfig mapConfig : mapConfigs.values()) {
+            WanReplicationRef wanReplicationRef = mapConfig.getWanReplicationRef();
+            if (wanReplicationRef != null) {
+                String wanMergePolicyClassName = mapConfig.getWanReplicationRef().getMergePolicyClassName();
+                checkMapMergePolicy(mapConfig,
+                        wanMergePolicyClassName, splitBrainMergePolicyProvider);
+            }
+
+            String splitBrainMergePolicyClassName = mapConfig.getMergePolicyConfig().getPolicy();
+            checkMapMergePolicy(mapConfig,
+                    splitBrainMergePolicyClassName, splitBrainMergePolicyProvider);
+        }
+    }
+
     private ConcurrencyDetection newConcurrencyDetection() {
         HazelcastProperties properties = node.getProperties();
         boolean writeThrough = properties.getBoolean(ClusterProperty.IO_WRITE_THROUGH_ENABLED);
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/spi/merge/SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider.java b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/spi/merge/SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider.java
index bec78d47b386..8fda4ba4657a 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/spi/merge/SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/spi/merge/SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 package com.hazelcast.spi.merge;
 
 import com.hazelcast.config.InvalidConfigurationException;
-import com.hazelcast.spi.impl.NodeEngine;
 import com.hazelcast.internal.util.ConstructorFunction;
+import com.hazelcast.spi.impl.NodeEngine;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public final class SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider {
         addPolicy(PutIfAbsentMergePolicy.class, new PutIfAbsentMergePolicy());
     }
 
-    private final NodeEngine nodeEngine;
+    private final ClassLoader configClassLoader;
 
     private final ConcurrentMap<String, SplitBrainMergePolicy> mergePolicyMap
             = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, SplitBrainMergePolicy>();
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public final class SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider {
         @Override
         public SplitBrainMergePolicy createNew(String className) {
             try {
-                return newInstance(nodeEngine.getConfigClassLoader(), className);
+                return newInstance(configClassLoader, className);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 throw new InvalidConfigurationException("Invalid SplitBrainMergePolicy: " + className, e);
             }
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ public SplitBrainMergePolicy createNew(String className) {
      *
      * @param nodeEngine the {@link NodeEngine} to retrieve the classloader from
      */
-    public SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(NodeEngine nodeEngine) {
-        this.nodeEngine = nodeEngine;
+    public SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(ClassLoader configClassLoader) {
+        this.configClassLoader = configClassLoader;
         this.mergePolicyMap.putAll(OUT_OF_THE_BOX_MERGE_POLICIES);
     }
 
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/ConfigValidatorTest.java b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/ConfigValidatorTest.java
index 96b6a338ea89..819666b31cc4 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/ConfigValidatorTest.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/ConfigValidatorTest.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public void setUp() {
         NodeEngine nodeEngine = Mockito.mock(NodeEngine.class);
         when(nodeEngine.getConfigClassLoader()).thenReturn(config.getClassLoader());
 
-        splitBrainMergePolicyProvider = new SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(nodeEngine);
+        splitBrainMergePolicyProvider = new SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(config.getClassLoader());
         when(nodeEngine.getSplitBrainMergePolicyProvider()).thenReturn(splitBrainMergePolicyProvider);
 
         properties = nodeEngine.getProperties();
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/MergePolicyValidatorMapIntegrationTest.java b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/MergePolicyValidatorMapIntegrationTest.java
index 315ea00cfcd6..3f524ef9217f 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/MergePolicyValidatorMapIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/MergePolicyValidatorMapIntegrationTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 @Category({QuickTest.class, ParallelJVMTest.class})
 public class MergePolicyValidatorMapIntegrationTest extends AbstractMergePolicyValidatorIntegrationTest {
 
-    private boolean perEntryStatsEnabled = false;
+    private boolean perEntryStatsEnabled = true;
 
     @Override
     void addConfig(Config config, String name, MergePolicyConfig mergePolicyConfig) {
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ public void testMap_withPutIfAbsentMergePolicy() {
 
     @Test
     public void testMap_withHyperLogLogMergePolicy() {
+        expectCardinalityEstimatorException();
         HazelcastInstance hz = getHazelcastInstance("cardinalityEstimator", hyperLogLogMergePolicy);
 
-        expectCardinalityEstimatorException();
         hz.getMap("cardinalityEstimator");
     }
 
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ public void testMap_withHigherHitsMergePolicy() {
 
     @Test
     public void testMap_withInvalidMergePolicy() {
+        expectedInvalidMergePolicyException();
         HazelcastInstance hz = getHazelcastInstance("invalid", invalidMergePolicyConfig);
 
-        expectedInvalidMergePolicyException();
         hz.getMap("invalid");
     }
 
@@ -105,9 +105,11 @@ public void testMap_withExpirationTimeMergePolicy_withStatsEnabled() {
      */
     @Test
     public void testMap_withLastStoredTimeMergePolicy() {
+        perEntryStatsEnabled = false;
+        expectedMapStatisticsDisabledException(lastStoredTimeMergePolicy);
+
         HazelcastInstance hz = getHazelcastInstance("lastStoredTime", lastStoredTimeMergePolicy);
 
-        expectedMapStatisticsDisabledException(lastStoredTimeMergePolicy);
         hz.getMap("lastStoredTime");
     }
 
@@ -124,9 +126,11 @@ public void testMap_withLastStoredMergePolicy_withStatsEnabled() {
      */
     @Test
     public void testMap_withLastStoredTimeMergePolicyNoTypeVariable() {
+        perEntryStatsEnabled = false;
+        expectedMapStatisticsDisabledException(lastStoredTimeMergePolicyNoTypeVariable);
+
         HazelcastInstance hz = getHazelcastInstance("lastStoredTimeNoTypeVariable", lastStoredTimeMergePolicyNoTypeVariable);
 
-        expectedMapStatisticsDisabledException(lastStoredTimeMergePolicyNoTypeVariable);
         hz.getMap("lastStoredTimeNoTypeVariable");
     }
 
@@ -163,9 +167,10 @@ public void testMap_withComplexCustomMergePolicy_withStatsEnabled() {
      */
     @Test
     public void testMap_withCustomMapMergePolicy() {
+        perEntryStatsEnabled = false;
+        expectedMapStatisticsDisabledException(customMapMergePolicy);
         HazelcastInstance hz = getHazelcastInstance("customMap", customMapMergePolicy);
 
-        expectedMapStatisticsDisabledException(customMapMergePolicy);
         hz.getMap("customMap");
     }
 
@@ -183,9 +188,11 @@ public void testMap_withCustomMapMergePolicy_withStatsEnabled() {
      */
     @Test
     public void testMap_withCustomMapMergePolicyNoTypeVariable() {
+        perEntryStatsEnabled = false;
+        expectedMapStatisticsDisabledException(customMapMergePolicyNoTypeVariable);
+
         HazelcastInstance hz = getHazelcastInstance("customMapNoTypeVariable", customMapMergePolicyNoTypeVariable);
 
-        expectedMapStatisticsDisabledException(customMapMergePolicyNoTypeVariable);
         hz.getMap("customMapNoTypeVariable");
     }
 
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/MergePolicyValidatorTest.java b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/MergePolicyValidatorTest.java
index ae0a5474fd06..21e24423733f 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/MergePolicyValidatorTest.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/config/MergePolicyValidatorTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public void setUp() {
         NodeEngine nodeEngine = Mockito.mock(NodeEngine.class);
         when(nodeEngine.getConfigClassLoader()).thenReturn(config.getClassLoader());
 
-        mapMergePolicyProvider = new SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(nodeEngine);
+        mapMergePolicyProvider = new SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(config.getClassLoader());
         when(nodeEngine.getSplitBrainMergePolicyProvider()).thenReturn(mapMergePolicyProvider);
     }
 
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/spi/merge/SplitBrainMergePolicyProviderTest.java b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/spi/merge/SplitBrainMergePolicyProviderTest.java
index 02e13d6a58c4..bfc342408a1a 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/spi/merge/SplitBrainMergePolicyProviderTest.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/spi/merge/SplitBrainMergePolicyProviderTest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class SplitBrainMergePolicyProviderTest extends HazelcastTestSupport {
 
     @Before
     public void setup() {
-        mergePolicyProvider = new SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(getNode(createHazelcastInstance()).getNodeEngine());
+        mergePolicyProvider = new SplitBrainMergePolicyProvider(getNode(createHazelcastInstance()).getConfigClassLoader());
     }
 
     @Test