diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/hio.c b/src/backend/access/heap/hio.c
index 682c072c19..20544a285d 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/hio.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/hio.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Id: hio.c,v 1.20 1999/05/25 16:07:07 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Id: hio.c,v 1.21 1999/07/03 01:47:02 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <storage/bufpage.h>
 #include <access/hio.h>
+#include <access/htup.h>
 #include <access/heapam.h>
 #include <storage/bufmgr.h>
 #include <utils/memutils.h>
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ RelationPutHeapTupleAtEnd(Relation relation, HeapTuple tuple)
 		pageHeader = (Page) BufferGetPage(buffer);
 		PageInit(pageHeader, BufferGetPageSize(buffer), 0);
 
-		if (len > PageGetFreeSpace(pageHeader))
+		if (len > PageGetFreeSpace(pageHeader) && len <= MaxTupleSize)
 			elog(ERROR, "Tuple is too big: size %d", len);
 	}