diff --git a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
index 882a43d6256..4777a0dc5a5 100644
--- a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ class SecurityGroupDbMixin(ext_sg.SecurityGroupPluginBase):
                 if rule[attr] > 255:
                     raise ext_sg.SecurityGroupInvalidIcmpValue(
                         field=field, attr=attr, value=rule[attr])
+            if (rule['port_range_min'] is None and
+                    rule['port_range_max']):
+                raise ext_sg.SecurityGroupMissingIcmpType(
+                    value=rule['port_range_max'])
 
     def _validate_security_group_rules(self, context, security_group_rule):
         """Check that rules being installed.
diff --git a/neutron/extensions/securitygroup.py b/neutron/extensions/securitygroup.py
index f6f18192570..4351de98a2c 100644
--- a/neutron/extensions/securitygroup.py
+++ b/neutron/extensions/securitygroup.py
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ class SecurityGroupInvalidIcmpValue(qexception.InvalidInput):
                 "%(value)s. It must be 0 to 255.")
 
 
+class SecurityGroupMissingIcmpType(qexception.InvalidInput):
+    message = _("ICMP code (port-range-max) %(value)s is provided"
+                " but ICMP type (port-range-min) is missing.")
+
+
 class SecurityGroupInUse(qexception.InUse):
     message = _("Security Group %(id)s in use.")
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/test_extension_security_group.py b/neutron/tests/unit/test_extension_security_group.py
index 1881d8c8484..43acdf9e683 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/test_extension_security_group.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/test_extension_security_group.py
@@ -893,6 +893,19 @@ class TestSecurityGroups(SecurityGroupDBTestCase):
                 self.deserialize(self.fmt, res)
                 self.assertEqual(res.status_int, webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest.code)
 
+    def test_create_security_group_rule_icmp_with_code_only(self):
+        name = 'webservers'
+        description = 'my webservers'
+        with self.security_group(name, description) as sg:
+            security_group_id = sg['security_group']['id']
+            with self.security_group_rule(security_group_id):
+                rule = self._build_security_group_rule(
+                    sg['security_group']['id'], 'ingress',
+                    const.PROTO_NAME_ICMP, None, '2')
+                res = self._create_security_group_rule(self.fmt, rule)
+                self.deserialize(self.fmt, res)
+                self.assertEqual(res.status_int, webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest.code)
+
     def test_list_ports_security_group(self):
         with self.network() as n:
             with self.subnet(n):