diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 388c101ac..4a639a60a 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 ### New Features
 * Add a new option IOOptions.do_not_recurse that can be used by underlying file systems to skip recursing through sub directories and list only files in GetChildren API.
 
+### Behavior Changes
+* Sanitize min_write_buffer_number_to_merge to 1 if atomic flush is enabled to prevent unexpected data loss when WAL is disabled in a multi-column-family setting (#10773).
+
 ## 7.7.0 (09/18/2022)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * Fixed a hang when an operation such as `GetLiveFiles` or `CreateNewBackup` is asked to trigger and wait for memtable flush on a read-only DB. Such indirect requests for memtable flush are now ignored on a read-only DB.
diff --git a/db/column_family.cc b/db/column_family.cc
index 85b98a859..eb2702691 100644
--- a/db/column_family.cc
+++ b/db/column_family.cc
@@ -233,6 +233,21 @@ ColumnFamilyOptions SanitizeOptions(const ImmutableDBOptions& db_options,
     result.min_write_buffer_number_to_merge = 1;
   }
 
+  if (db_options.atomic_flush && result.min_write_buffer_number_to_merge > 1) {
+    ROCKS_LOG_WARN(
+        db_options.logger,
+        "Currently, if atomic_flush is true, then triggering flush for any "
+        "column family internally (non-manual flush) will trigger flushing "
+        "all column families even if the number of memtables is smaller "
+        "min_write_buffer_number_to_merge. Therefore, configuring "
+        "min_write_buffer_number_to_merge > 1 is not compatible and should "
+        "be satinized to 1. Not doing so will lead to data loss and "
+        "inconsistent state across multiple column families when WAL is "
+        "disabled, which is a common setting for atomic flush");
+
+    result.min_write_buffer_number_to_merge = 1;
+  }
+
   if (result.num_levels < 1) {
     result.num_levels = 1;
   }
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h b/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h
index b552d66ae..144b5c61e 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h
@@ -271,7 +271,10 @@ struct AdvancedColumnFamilyOptions {
   // read amplification because a get request has to check in all of these
   // files. Also, an in-memory merge may result in writing lesser
   // data to storage if there are duplicate records in each of these
-  // individual write buffers.  Default: 1
+  // individual write buffers.
+  // If atomic flush is enabled (options.atomic_flush == true), then this
+  // option will be sanitized to 1.
+  // Default: 1
   int min_write_buffer_number_to_merge = 1;
 
   // DEPRECATED