diff --git a/src/cmap/conn.rs b/src/cmap/conn.rs
index 85b9ade9d..d7c39cca7 100644
--- a/src/cmap/conn.rs
+++ b/src/cmap/conn.rs
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ impl Connection {
 
         self.command_executing = true;
 
+        let max_message_size = self.max_message_size_bytes();
         #[cfg(any(
             feature = "zstd-compression",
             feature = "zlib-compression",
@@ -230,30 +231,30 @@ impl Connection {
         let write_result = match self.compressor {
             Some(ref compressor) if message.should_compress => {
                 message
-                    .write_op_compressed_to(&mut self.stream, compressor)
+                    .write_op_compressed_to(&mut self.stream, compressor, max_message_size)
+                    .await
+            }
+            _ => {
+                message
+                    .write_op_msg_to(&mut self.stream, max_message_size)
                     .await
             }
-            _ => message.write_op_msg_to(&mut self.stream).await,
         };
         #[cfg(all(
             not(feature = "zstd-compression"),
             not(feature = "zlib-compression"),
             not(feature = "snappy-compression")
         ))]
-        let write_result = message.write_op_msg_to(&mut self.stream).await;
+        let write_result = message
+            .write_op_msg_to(&mut self.stream, max_message_size)
+            .await;
 
         if let Err(ref err) = write_result {
             self.error = Some(err.clone());
         }
         write_result?;
 
-        let response_message_result = Message::read_from(
-            &mut self.stream,
-            self.stream_description
-                .as_ref()
-                .map(|d| d.max_message_size_bytes),
-        )
-        .await;
+        let response_message_result = Message::read_from(&mut self.stream, max_message_size).await;
         self.command_executing = false;
         if let Err(ref err) = response_message_result {
             self.error = Some(err.clone());
@@ -306,6 +307,12 @@ impl Connection {
     pub(crate) fn is_streaming(&self) -> bool {
         self.more_to_come
     }
+
+    fn max_message_size_bytes(&self) -> Option<i32> {
+        self.stream_description
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|d| d.max_message_size_bytes)
+    }
 }
 
 /// A handle to a pinned connection - the connection itself can be retrieved or returned to the
diff --git a/src/cmap/conn/wire/message.rs b/src/cmap/conn/wire/message.rs
index c746c8b95..fcece7a1f 100644
--- a/src/cmap/conn/wire/message.rs
+++ b/src/cmap/conn/wire/message.rs
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ impl Message {
     pub(crate) async fn write_op_msg_to<T: AsyncWrite + Send + Unpin>(
         &self,
         mut writer: T,
+        max_message_size_bytes: Option<i32>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let sections = self.get_sections_bytes()?;
 
@@ -286,6 +287,15 @@ impl Message {
                 .map(std::mem::size_of_val)
                 .unwrap_or(0);
 
+        let max_len =
+            Checked::try_from(max_message_size_bytes.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE_BYTES))?;
+        if total_length > max_len {
+            return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidArgument {
+                message: format!("Message length {} over maximum {}", total_length, max_len),
+            }
+            .into());
+        }
+
         let header = Header {
             length: total_length.try_into()?,
             request_id: self.request_id.unwrap_or_else(next_request_id),
@@ -316,6 +326,7 @@ impl Message {
         &self,
         mut writer: T,
         compressor: &Compressor,
+        max_message_size_bytes: Option<i32>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let flag_bytes = &self.flags.bits().to_le_bytes();
         let section_bytes = self.get_sections_bytes()?;
@@ -329,6 +340,15 @@ impl Message {
             + std::mem::size_of::<u8>()
             + compressed_bytes.len();
 
+        let max_len =
+            Checked::try_from(max_message_size_bytes.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE_BYTES))?;
+        if total_length > max_len {
+            return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidArgument {
+                message: format!("Message length {} over maximum {}", total_length, max_len),
+            }
+            .into());
+        }
+
         let header = Header {
             length: total_length.try_into()?,
             request_id: self.request_id.unwrap_or_else(next_request_id),