diff --git a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/read.hpp b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/read.hpp
index f7c032496d..65a7e16aef 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/read.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/read.hpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class read_some_op : asio::coroutine
                 {
                     cont_ = true;
                     // VFALCO This was read_size_or_throw
-                    auto const size = read_size(b_, 65536);
+                    auto const size = read_size(b_, 128*1024);
                     if(size == 0)
                     {
                         BOOST_BEAST_ASSIGN_EC(ec, error::buffer_overflow);
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ read_some(SyncReadStream& s, DynamicBuffer& b, basic_parser<isRequest>& p, error
 
     do_read:
         // VFALCO This was read_size_or_throw
-        auto const size = read_size(b, 65536);
+        auto const size = read_size(b, 128*1024);
         if(size == 0)
         {
             BOOST_BEAST_ASSIGN_EC(ec, error::buffer_overflow);