--- a/net/minecraft/world/level/block/entity/TileEntityBanner.java
+++ b/net/minecraft/world/level/block/entity/TileEntityBanner.java
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.IBlockData;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
+// CraftBukkit start
+import java.util.List;
+// CraftBukkit end
+
 public class TileEntityBanner extends TileEntity implements INamableTileEntity {
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogUtils.getLogger();
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@
             BannerPatternLayers.CODEC.parse(holderlookup_a.createSerializationContext(DynamicOpsNBT.INSTANCE), nbttagcompound.get("patterns")).resultOrPartial((s) -> {
                 TileEntityBanner.LOGGER.error("Failed to parse banner patterns: '{}'", s);
             }).ifPresent((bannerpatternlayers) -> {
-                this.patterns = bannerpatternlayers;
+                this.setPatterns(bannerpatternlayers); // CraftBukkit - apply limits
             });
         }
 
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@
     @Override
     protected void applyImplicitComponents(TileEntity.b tileentity_b) {
         super.applyImplicitComponents(tileentity_b);
-        this.patterns = (BannerPatternLayers) tileentity_b.getOrDefault(DataComponents.BANNER_PATTERNS, BannerPatternLayers.EMPTY);
+        this.setPatterns((BannerPatternLayers) tileentity_b.getOrDefault(DataComponents.BANNER_PATTERNS, BannerPatternLayers.EMPTY)); // CraftBukkit - apply limits
         this.name = (IChatBaseComponent) tileentity_b.get(DataComponents.CUSTOM_NAME);
     }
 
@@ -124,4 +128,13 @@
         nbttagcompound.remove("patterns");
         nbttagcompound.remove("CustomName");
     }
+
+    // CraftBukkit start
+    public void setPatterns(BannerPatternLayers bannerpatternlayers) {
+        if (bannerpatternlayers.layers().size() > 20) {
+            bannerpatternlayers = new BannerPatternLayers(List.copyOf(bannerpatternlayers.layers().subList(0, 20)));
+        }
+        this.patterns = bannerpatternlayers;
+    }
+    // CraftBukkit end
 }