diff --git a/raft/fsm.cc b/raft/fsm.cc
index 3d9e59ebb0..831c75dc80 100644
--- a/raft/fsm.cc
+++ b/raft/fsm.cc
@@ -855,27 +855,6 @@ void fsm::request_vote_reply(server_id from, vote_reply&& reply) {
     }
 }
 
-static size_t entry_size(const log_entry& e) {
-    struct overloaded {
-        size_t operator()(const command& c) {
-            return c.size();
-        }
-        size_t operator()(const configuration& c) {
-            size_t size = 0;
-            for (auto& s : c.current) {
-                size += sizeof(s.addr.id);
-                size += s.addr.info.size();
-                size += sizeof(s.can_vote);
-            }
-            return size;
-        }
-        size_t operator()(const log_entry::dummy& d) {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    };
-    return std::visit(overloaded{}, e.data) + sizeof(e);
-}
-
 void fsm::replicate_to(follower_progress& progress, bool allow_empty) {
 
     logger.trace("replicate_to[{}->{}]: called next={} match={}",
@@ -935,7 +914,7 @@ void fsm::replicate_to(follower_progress& progress, bool allow_empty) {
                 req.entries.push_back(entry);
                 logger.trace("replicate_to[{}->{}]: send entry idx={}, term={}",
                              _my_id, progress.id, entry->idx, entry->term);
-                size += entry_size(*entry);
+                size += entry->get_size();
                 next_idx++;
                 if (progress.state == follower_progress::state::PROBE) {
                     break; // in PROBE mode send only one entry
diff --git a/raft/raft.cc b/raft/raft.cc
index 37599ca0d7..a499a8a119 100644
--- a/raft/raft.cc
+++ b/raft/raft.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,27 @@ namespace raft {
 
 seastar::logger logger("raft");
 
+size_t log_entry::get_size() const {
+    struct overloaded {
+        size_t operator()(const command& c) {
+            return c.size();
+        }
+        size_t operator()(const configuration& c) {
+            size_t size = 0;
+            for (auto& s : c.current) {
+                size += sizeof(s.addr.id);
+                size += s.addr.info.size();
+                size += sizeof(s.can_vote);
+            }
+            return size;
+        }
+        size_t operator()(const log_entry::dummy& d) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    };
+    return std::visit(overloaded{}, this->data) + sizeof(*this);
+}
+
 } // end of namespace raft
 
 auto fmt::formatter<raft::server_address>::format(const raft::server_address& addr,
diff --git a/raft/raft.hh b/raft/raft.hh
index 65f3afd281..348c2642ec 100644
--- a/raft/raft.hh
+++ b/raft/raft.hh
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ struct log_entry {
     term_t term;
     index_t idx;
     std::variant<command, configuration, dummy> data;
+
+    size_t get_size() const;
 };
 
 using log_entry_ptr = seastar::lw_shared_ptr<const log_entry>;
diff --git a/service/raft/raft_rpc.cc b/service/raft/raft_rpc.cc
index 643e97bbe3..4c4ccd16c5 100644
--- a/service/raft/raft_rpc.cc
+++ b/service/raft/raft_rpc.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 #include "service/raft/raft_rpc.hh"
 #include <seastar/core/coroutine.hh>
+#include <seastar/core/units.hh>
 #include "gms/inet_address.hh"
 #include "serializer_impl.hh"
 #include "message/msg_addr.hh"
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ static seastar::logger rlogger("raft_rpc");
 
 using sloc = seastar::compat::source_location;
 
+static constexpr size_t append_entries_semaphore_limit_bytes = 10_MiB;
+
 raft_ticker_type::time_point timeout() {
     return raft_ticker_type::clock::now() + raft_tick_interval * (raft::ELECTION_TIMEOUT.count() / 2);
 }
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ raft_rpc::raft_rpc(raft_state_machine& sm, netw::messaging_service& ms,
           shared_ptr<raft::failure_detector> failure_detector, raft::group_id gid, raft::server_id my_id)
     : _sm(sm), _group_id(std::move(gid)), _my_id(my_id), _messaging(ms)
     , _failure_detector(std::move(failure_detector))
+    , _append_entries_semaphore(append_entries_semaphore_limit_bytes)
 {}
 
 
@@ -81,6 +85,17 @@ future<> raft_rpc::send_append_entries(raft::server_id id, const raft::append_re
         rlogger.debug("Failed to send append_entires to {}: node is not seen as alive by the failure detector", id);
         co_return;
     }
+
+    // Serializing raft::append_request for transmission requires approximately the same amount of memory
+    // as its size. This means when the Raft library replicates a log item to M servers, the log
+    // item is effectively copied M times. To prevent excessive memory usage and potential out-of-memory
+    // issues, we limit the total memory consumption of in-flight raft::append_request messages.
+    size_t req_size = 0;
+    for (const auto& e: append_request.entries) {
+        req_size += e->get_size();
+    }
+    const auto guard = co_await get_units(_append_entries_semaphore, std::min(req_size, append_entries_semaphore_limit_bytes));
+
     co_return co_await ser::raft_rpc_verbs::send_raft_append_entries(&_messaging, locator::host_id{id.uuid()},
             db::no_timeout, _group_id, _my_id, id, append_request);
 }
diff --git a/service/raft/raft_rpc.hh b/service/raft/raft_rpc.hh
index 2429de5a8b..1a9a4b3174 100644
--- a/service/raft/raft_rpc.hh
+++ b/service/raft/raft_rpc.hh
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ protected:
     shared_ptr<raft::failure_detector> _failure_detector;
     seastar::gate _shutdown_gate;
 
+    // Limits the total memory usage of raft::append_request messages that are currently being sent
+    seastar::semaphore _append_entries_semaphore;
+
     explicit raft_rpc(raft_state_machine& sm, netw::messaging_service& ms,
              shared_ptr<raft::failure_detector> failure_detector, raft::group_id gid, raft::server_id my_id);