diff --git a/internal/transport/http2_server.go b/internal/transport/http2_server.go
index d9618d3..f66c312 100644
--- a/internal/transport/http2_server.go
+++ b/internal/transport/http2_server.go
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@
 	}
 	framer := newFramer(conn, writeBufSize, readBufSize, maxHeaderListSize)
 	// Send initial settings as connection preface to client.
-	var isettings []http2.Setting
+	isettings := []http2.Setting{{
+		ID:  http2.SettingMaxFrameSize,
+		Val: http2MaxFrameLen,
+	}}
 	// TODO(zhaoq): Have a better way to signal "no limit" because 0 is
 	// permitted in the HTTP2 spec.
 	maxStreams := config.MaxStreams
diff --git a/internal/transport/http_util.go b/internal/transport/http_util.go
index 9d21286..8f5f334 100644
--- a/internal/transport/http_util.go
+++ b/internal/transport/http_util.go
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@
 		writer: w,
 		fr:     http2.NewFramer(w, r),
 	}
+	f.fr.SetMaxReadFrameSize(http2MaxFrameLen)
 	// Opt-in to Frame reuse API on framer to reduce garbage.
 	// Frames aren't safe to read from after a subsequent call to ReadFrame.
 	f.fr.SetReuseFrames()
diff --git a/test/channelz_test.go b/test/channelz_test.go
index ebbb3e5..593fc94 100644
--- a/test/channelz_test.go
+++ b/test/channelz_test.go
@@ -854,7 +854,11 @@
 	}
 	// sleep here to make sure header frame being sent before the data frame we write directly below.
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-	payload := make([]byte, 65537)
+	payload := make([]byte, 16384)
+	dw.getRawConnWrapper().writeRawFrame(http2.FrameData, 0, tc.(*testServiceClientWrapper).getCurrentStreamID(), payload)
+	dw.getRawConnWrapper().writeRawFrame(http2.FrameData, 0, tc.(*testServiceClientWrapper).getCurrentStreamID(), payload)
+	dw.getRawConnWrapper().writeRawFrame(http2.FrameData, 0, tc.(*testServiceClientWrapper).getCurrentStreamID(), payload)
+	dw.getRawConnWrapper().writeRawFrame(http2.FrameData, 0, tc.(*testServiceClientWrapper).getCurrentStreamID(), payload)
 	dw.getRawConnWrapper().writeRawFrame(http2.FrameData, 0, tc.(*testServiceClientWrapper).getCurrentStreamID(), payload)
 	if _, err := stream.Recv(); err == nil || status.Code(err) != codes.ResourceExhausted {
 		t.Fatalf("%v.Recv() = %v, want error code: %v", stream, err, codes.ResourceExhausted)