diff --git a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/ProtocolMessage.h b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/ProtocolMessage.h
index 54f99eb73d..ef9eaaf8b1 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/ProtocolMessage.h
+++ b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/ProtocolMessage.h
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ parseMessageContent(MessageHeader const& header, Buffers const& buffers)
         if (payloadSize == 0 || !m->ParseFromArray(payload.data(), payloadSize))
             return {};
     }
-    else if (!m->ParseFromZeroCopyStream(&stream))
+    else if (!m->ParseFromBoundedZeroCopyStream(
+                 &stream, static_cast<int>(header.payload_wire_size)))
         return {};
 
     return m;