diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
index f2d017d6..74a29739 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
@@ -3180,7 +3180,7 @@ class Net_SFTP extends Net_SSH2
 
 
         // 256 * 1024 is what SFTP_MAX_MSG_LENGTH is set to in OpenSSH's sftp-common.h
-        if ($tempLength > 256 * 1024) {
+        if (!$this->use_request_id && $tempLength > 256 * 1024) {
             user_error('Invalid SFTP packet size');
             return false;
         }