diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/hio.c b/src/backend/access/heap/hio.c
index 20544a285d..c71b71e6e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/hio.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/hio.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Id: hio.c,v 1.21 1999/07/03 01:47:02 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Id: hio.c,v 1.22 1999/07/03 01:56:16 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -162,10 +162,13 @@ RelationPutHeapTupleAtEnd(Relation relation, HeapTuple tuple)
 		pageHeader = (Page) BufferGetPage(buffer);
 		PageInit(pageHeader, BufferGetPageSize(buffer), 0);
 
-		if (len > PageGetFreeSpace(pageHeader) && len <= MaxTupleSize)
+		if (len > PageGetFreeSpace(pageHeader))
 			elog(ERROR, "Tuple is too big: size %d", len);
 	}
 
+	if (len > MaxTupleSize)
+		elog(ERROR, "Tuple is too big: size %d, max size %d", len, MaxTupleSize);
+
 	if (!relation->rd_myxactonly)
 		UnlockPage(relation, 0, ExclusiveLock);