diff --git a/src/net/server/dgram.rs b/src/net/server/dgram.rs
index e4448829..cac9fc25 100644
--- a/src/net/server/dgram.rs
+++ b/src/net/server/dgram.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl Config {
     /// [RFC 6891]:
     ///     https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6891#section-6.2.5
     pub fn set_max_response_size(&mut self, value: Option<u16>) {
-        self.max_response_size = value;
+        self.max_response_size = value.map(|v| MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE.limit(v));
     }
 
     /// Sets the time to wait for a complete message to be written to the