diff --git a/src/chttpd_db.erl b/src/chttpd_db.erl
index 07a5eba3169..8699320b16c 100644
--- a/src/chttpd_db.erl
+++ b/src/chttpd_db.erl
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ db_doc_req(#httpd{method='PUT', user_ctx=Ctx}=Req, Db, DocId) ->
     RespHeaders = [{"Location", Loc}],
     case couch_util:to_list(couch_httpd:header_value(Req, "Content-Type")) of
     ("multipart/related;" ++ _) = ContentType ->
+        couch_httpd:check_max_request_length(Req),
         couch_httpd_multipart:num_mp_writers(mem3:n(mem3:dbname(Db#db.name), DocId)),
         {ok, Doc0, WaitFun, Parser} = couch_doc:doc_from_multi_part_stream(ContentType,
                 fun() -> receive_request_data(Req) end),