A radio resource configuration adjustment method includes detecting, by user equipment, an overheating problem or that the overheating problem is alleviated, and sending, by the user equipment, a first message to a network device, where the first message is used to notify the network device that the overheating problem occurs in the user equipment or the overheating problem is alleviated; receiving, by the user equipment, a response message sent by the network device, where the response message is used to instruct the user equipment to perform one of the following operations, and the operations include deactivating a secondary serving cell, activating a secondary serving cell, releasing a secondary serving cell, and adding a secondary serving cell; and deactivating, by the user equipment, a secondary serving cell, or activating a secondary serving cell, or releasing a secondary serving cell, or adding a secondary serving cell according to the response message.