diff --git a/control_plane/src/storage.rs b/control_plane/src/storage.rs
index d2cc5e096c..3bbbdc5865 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/storage.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/storage.rs
@@ -371,43 +371,50 @@ impl PageServerNode {
         new_tenant_id: Option<TenantId>,
         settings: HashMap<&str, &str>,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<TenantId> {
+        let mut settings = settings.clone();
+        let request = TenantCreateRequest {
+            new_tenant_id,
+            checkpoint_distance: settings
+                .remove("checkpoint_distance")
+                .map(|x| x.parse::<u64>())
+                .transpose()?,
+            checkpoint_timeout: settings.remove("checkpoint_timeout").map(|x| x.to_string()),
+            compaction_target_size: settings
+                .remove("compaction_target_size")
+                .map(|x| x.parse::<u64>())
+                .transpose()?,
+            compaction_period: settings.remove("compaction_period").map(|x| x.to_string()),
+            compaction_threshold: settings
+                .remove("compaction_threshold")
+                .map(|x| x.parse::<usize>())
+                .transpose()?,
+            gc_horizon: settings
+                .remove("gc_horizon")
+                .map(|x| x.parse::<u64>())
+                .transpose()?,
+            gc_period: settings.remove("gc_period").map(|x| x.to_string()),
+            image_creation_threshold: settings
+                .remove("image_creation_threshold")
+                .map(|x| x.parse::<usize>())
+                .transpose()?,
+            pitr_interval: settings.remove("pitr_interval").map(|x| x.to_string()),
+            walreceiver_connect_timeout: settings
+                .remove("walreceiver_connect_timeout")
+                .map(|x| x.to_string()),
+            lagging_wal_timeout: settings
+                .remove("lagging_wal_timeout")
+                .map(|x| x.to_string()),
+            max_lsn_wal_lag: settings
+                .remove("max_lsn_wal_lag")
+                .map(|x| x.parse::<NonZeroU64>())
+                .transpose()
+                .context("Failed to parse 'max_lsn_wal_lag' as non zero integer")?,
+        };
+        if !settings.is_empty() {
+            bail!("Unrecognized tenant settings: {settings:?}")
+        }
         self.http_request(Method::POST, format!("{}/tenant", self.http_base_url))
-            .json(&TenantCreateRequest {
-                new_tenant_id,
-                checkpoint_distance: settings
-                    .get("checkpoint_distance")
-                    .map(|x| x.parse::<u64>())
-                    .transpose()?,
-                checkpoint_timeout: settings.get("checkpoint_timeout").map(|x| x.to_string()),
-                compaction_target_size: settings
-                    .get("compaction_target_size")
-                    .map(|x| x.parse::<u64>())
-                    .transpose()?,
-                compaction_period: settings.get("compaction_period").map(|x| x.to_string()),
-                compaction_threshold: settings
-                    .get("compaction_threshold")
-                    .map(|x| x.parse::<usize>())
-                    .transpose()?,
-                gc_horizon: settings
-                    .get("gc_horizon")
-                    .map(|x| x.parse::<u64>())
-                    .transpose()?,
-                gc_period: settings.get("gc_period").map(|x| x.to_string()),
-                image_creation_threshold: settings
-                    .get("image_creation_threshold")
-                    .map(|x| x.parse::<usize>())
-                    .transpose()?,
-                pitr_interval: settings.get("pitr_interval").map(|x| x.to_string()),
-                walreceiver_connect_timeout: settings
-                    .get("walreceiver_connect_timeout")
-                    .map(|x| x.to_string()),
-                lagging_wal_timeout: settings.get("lagging_wal_timeout").map(|x| x.to_string()),
-                max_lsn_wal_lag: settings
-                    .get("max_lsn_wal_lag")
-                    .map(|x| x.parse::<NonZeroU64>())
-                    .transpose()
-                    .context("Failed to parse 'max_lsn_wal_lag' as non zero integer")?,
-            })
+            .json(&request)
             .send()?
             .error_from_body()?
             .json::<Option<String>>()
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_tenant_conf.py b/test_runner/regress/test_tenant_conf.py
index 51a8101b11..c6cf416d12 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_tenant_conf.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_tenant_conf.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from fixtures.neon_fixtures import NeonEnvBuilder
 
 
 def test_tenant_config(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder):
+    """Test per tenant configuration"""
     # set some non-default global config
     neon_env_builder.pageserver_config_override = """
 page_cache_size=444;
@@ -13,7 +14,20 @@ wait_lsn_timeout='111 s';
 tenant_config={checkpoint_distance = 10000, compaction_target_size = 1048576}"""
 
     env = neon_env_builder.init_start()
-    """Test per tenant configuration"""
+
+    # Check that we raise on misspelled configs
+    invalid_conf_key = "some_invalid_setting_name_blah_blah_123"
+    try:
+        env.neon_cli.create_tenant(
+            conf={
+                invalid_conf_key: "20000",
+            }
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        assert invalid_conf_key in str(e)
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("Expected validation error")
+
     tenant, _ = env.neon_cli.create_tenant(
         conf={
             "checkpoint_distance": "20000",