diff --git a/include/libssh2_sftp.h b/include/libssh2_sftp.h
index 47b91525..74884fbf 100644
--- a/include/libssh2_sftp.h
+++ b/include/libssh2_sftp.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ extern "C" {
  * Let's start with Version 3 (The version found in OpenSSH) and go from there
  */
 #define LIBSSH2_SFTP_VERSION        3
-#define LIBSSH2_SFTP_PACKET_MAXLEN  40000
 
 typedef struct _LIBSSH2_SFTP                LIBSSH2_SFTP;
 typedef struct _LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE         LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE;
diff --git a/src/sftp.c b/src/sftp.c
index d8c508fa..32b215a4 100644
--- a/src/sftp.c
+++ b/src/sftp.c
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
 #define SSH_FXE_STATVFS_ST_RDONLY               0x00000001
 #define SSH_FXE_STATVFS_ST_NOSUID               0x00000002
 
+/* This is the maximum packet length to accept, as larger than this indicate
+   some kind of server problem. */
+#define LIBSSH2_SFTP_PACKET_MAXLEN  80000
+
 static int sftp_close_handle(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle);
 static int sftp_packet_ask(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, unsigned char packet_type,
                            uint32_t request_id, unsigned char **data,