diff --git a/pbj-core/pbj-compiler/src/main/java/com/hedera/pbj/compiler/impl/SingleField.java b/pbj-core/pbj-compiler/src/main/java/com/hedera/pbj/compiler/impl/SingleField.java
index eaf81f69..d8576789 100644
--- a/pbj-core/pbj-compiler/src/main/java/com/hedera/pbj/compiler/impl/SingleField.java
+++ b/pbj-core/pbj-compiler/src/main/java/com/hedera/pbj/compiler/impl/SingleField.java
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ public void addAllNeededImports(
     @Override
     public String parseCode() {
         if (type == FieldType.MESSAGE) {
-            return "%s.PROTOBUF.parse(input, strictMode, parseUnknownFields, maxDepth - 1)".formatted(messageType);
+            return "%s.PROTOBUF.parse(input, strictMode, parseUnknownFields, maxDepth - 1, maxSize)"
+                    .formatted(messageType);
         } else {
             return "input";
         }
diff --git a/pbj-integration-tests/src/test/java/com/hedera/pbj/integration/test/MaxSizeTest.java b/pbj-integration-tests/src/test/java/com/hedera/pbj/integration/test/MaxSizeTest.java
index 5ae23152..5ca4f5ed 100644
--- a/pbj-integration-tests/src/test/java/com/hedera/pbj/integration/test/MaxSizeTest.java
+++ b/pbj-integration-tests/src/test/java/com/hedera/pbj/integration/test/MaxSizeTest.java
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 
+import com.hedera.pbj.runtime.Codec;
 import com.hedera.pbj.runtime.ParseException;
 import com.hedera.pbj.runtime.io.buffer.BufferedData;
 import com.hedera.pbj.runtime.io.buffer.Bytes;
+import com.hedera.pbj.test.proto.pbj.Everything;
+import com.hedera.pbj.test.proto.pbj.InnerEverything;
 import com.hedera.pbj.test.proto.pbj.MessageWithBytes;
 import com.hedera.pbj.test.proto.pbj.MessageWithString;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -73,4 +76,45 @@ void testCustomMaxSize() throws Exception {
         assertThrows(
                 ParseException.class, () -> MessageWithString.PROTOBUF.parse(data, false, false, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 6));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNestedMaxSize() throws Exception {
+        // This message, an inner nested message within it, as well as a field in that inner message all exceed the
+        // DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE:
+        final Everything everything = Everything.newBuilder()
+                .innerEverything(
+                        InnerEverything.newBuilder().bytesField(Bytes.wrap("1".repeat(Codec.DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE + 1))))
+                .build();
+        final Bytes bytes = Everything.PROTOBUF.toBytes(everything);
+
+        // Try negative cases first:
+        assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> Everything.PROTOBUF.parse(bytes.toReadableSequentialData()));
+        assertThrows(
+                ParseException.class,
+                () -> Everything.PROTOBUF.parse(
+                        bytes.toReadableSequentialData(), false, false, Codec.DEFAULT_MAX_DEPTH, 256));
+        assertThrows(
+                ParseException.class,
+                () -> Everything.PROTOBUF.parse(
+                        bytes.toReadableSequentialData(),
+                        false,
+                        false,
+                        Codec.DEFAULT_MAX_DEPTH,
+                        Codec.DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE));
+        // +1 still shouldn't work because the outer and the inner objects are still larger:
+        assertThrows(
+                ParseException.class,
+                () -> Everything.PROTOBUF.parse(
+                        bytes.toReadableSequentialData(),
+                        false,
+                        false,
+                        Codec.DEFAULT_MAX_DEPTH,
+                        Codec.DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE + 1));
+
+        // Now try supplying a large enough maxSize to parse it:
+        final Everything parsedEverything = Everything.PROTOBUF.parse(
+                bytes.toReadableSequentialData(), false, false, Codec.DEFAULT_MAX_DEPTH, Codec.DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE * 2);
+
+        assertEquals(everything, parsedEverything);
+    }
 }