diff --git a/x/auth/legacy/v043/store_test.go b/x/auth/legacy/v043/store_test.go
index 6fbece49e8a..1a9fb88660e 100644
--- a/x/auth/legacy/v043/store_test.go
+++ b/x/auth/legacy/v043/store_test.go
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ func TestMigrateVestingAccounts(t *testing.T) {
 
 				delayedAccount := types.NewPeriodicVestingAccount(baseAccount, vestedCoins, startTime, periods)
 
+				ctx = ctx.WithBlockTime(time.Unix(1601042400, 0))
+
 				app.AccountKeeper.SetAccount(ctx, delayedAccount)
 
 				// delegation of the original vesting, failed because of no spendable balances
diff --git a/x/auth/vesting/msg_server.go b/x/auth/vesting/msg_server.go
index 5557b96ba4a..66ceef46370 100644
--- a/x/auth/vesting/msg_server.go
+++ b/x/auth/vesting/msg_server.go
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ func (s msgServer) CreatePeriodicVestingAccount(goCtx context.Context, msg *type
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if bk.BlockedAddr(to) {
+		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(sdkerrors.ErrUnauthorized, "%s is not allowed to receive funds", msg.ToAddress)
+	}
+
 	if acc := ak.GetAccount(ctx, to); acc != nil {
 		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(sdkerrors.ErrInvalidRequest, "account %s already exists", msg.ToAddress)
 	}
@@ -124,6 +128,10 @@ func (s msgServer) CreatePeriodicVestingAccount(goCtx context.Context, msg *type
 		totalCoins = totalCoins.Add(period.Amount...)
 	}
 
+	if err := bk.IsSendEnabledCoins(ctx, totalCoins...); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	baseAccount := ak.NewAccountWithAddress(ctx, to)
 
 	acc := types.NewPeriodicVestingAccount(baseAccount.(*authtypes.BaseAccount), totalCoins.Sort(), msg.StartTime, msg.VestingPeriods)
diff --git a/x/auth/vesting/types/msgs.go b/x/auth/vesting/types/msgs.go
index 31c0fe53e92..1535f788059 100644
--- a/x/auth/vesting/types/msgs.go
+++ b/x/auth/vesting/types/msgs.go
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ func (msg MsgCreatePeriodicVestingAccount) ValidateBasic() error {
 	}
 
 	for i, period := range msg.VestingPeriods {
+		if !period.Amount.IsValid() {
+			return sdkerrors.ErrInvalidCoins.Wrap(period.Amount.String())
+		}
+
+		if !period.Amount.IsAllPositive() {
+			return sdkerrors.ErrInvalidCoins.Wrap(period.Amount.String())
+		}
+
 		if period.Length < 1 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid period length of %d in period %d, length must be greater than 0", period.Length, i)
 		}
diff --git a/x/feegrant/filtered_fee.go b/x/feegrant/filtered_fee.go
index f83f3c5f627..b9eaff18cbd 100644
--- a/x/feegrant/filtered_fee.go
+++ b/x/feegrant/filtered_fee.go
@@ -63,7 +63,17 @@ func (a *AllowedMsgAllowance) Accept(ctx sdk.Context, fee sdk.Coins, msgs []sdk.
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	return allowance.Accept(ctx, fee, msgs)
+	remove, err := allowance.Accept(ctx, fee, msgs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	a.Allowance, err = types.NewAnyWithValue(allowance.(proto.Message))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return remove, nil
 }
 
 func (a *AllowedMsgAllowance) allowedMsgsToMap(ctx sdk.Context) map[string]bool {
diff --git a/x/feegrant/filtered_fee_test.go b/x/feegrant/filtered_fee_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1be11fa65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/feegrant/filtered_fee_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package feegrant_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	bank "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	tmproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/types"
+
+	codectypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/simapp"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/feegrant"
+)
+
+func TestFilteredFeeValidAllow(t *testing.T) {
+	app := simapp.Setup(false)
+
+	smallAtom := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewInt64Coin("atom", 488))
+	bigAtom := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewInt64Coin("atom", 1000))
+	leftAtom := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewInt64Coin("atom", 512))
+
+	basicAllowance, _ := codectypes.NewAnyWithValue(&feegrant.BasicAllowance{
+		SpendLimit: bigAtom,
+	})
+
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		allowance *feegrant.AllowedMsgAllowance
+		// all other checks are ignored if valid=false
+		fee       sdk.Coins
+		blockTime time.Time
+		valid     bool
+		accept    bool
+		remove    bool
+		remains   sdk.Coins
+	}{
+		"internal fee is updated": {
+			allowance: &feegrant.AllowedMsgAllowance{
+				Allowance:       basicAllowance,
+				AllowedMessages: []string{"/cosmos.bank.v1beta1.MsgSend"},
+			},
+			fee:     smallAtom,
+			accept:  true,
+			remove:  false,
+			remains: leftAtom,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, stc := range cases {
+		tc := stc // to make scopelint happy
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := tc.allowance.ValidateBasic()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			ctx := app.BaseApp.NewContext(false, tmproto.Header{}).WithBlockTime(tc.blockTime)
+
+			// now try to deduct
+			removed, err := tc.allowance.Accept(ctx, tc.fee, []sdk.Msg{
+				&bank.MsgSend{
+					FromAddress: "gm",
+					ToAddress:   "gn",
+					Amount:      tc.fee,
+				},
+			})
+			if !tc.accept {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			require.Equal(t, tc.remove, removed)
+			if !removed {
+				var basicAllowanceLeft feegrant.BasicAllowance
+				app.AppCodec().Unmarshal(tc.allowance.Allowance.Value, &basicAllowanceLeft)
+
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.remains, basicAllowanceLeft.SpendLimit)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}