diff --git a/src/applications/model/udp-client.cc b/src/applications/model/udp-client.cc
index 3c42e250d..68babeb41 100644
--- a/src/applications/model/udp-client.cc
+++ b/src/applications/model/udp-client.cc
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ UdpClient::GetTypeId (void)
                    "Size of packets generated. The minimum packet size is 12 bytes which is the size of the header carrying the sequence number and the time stamp.",
                    UintegerValue (1024),
                    MakeUintegerAccessor (&UdpClient::m_size),
-                   MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t> (12,1500))
+                   MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t> (12,65507))
   ;
   return tid;
 }