diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 08f78e32b..39c7f1caf 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -6812,14 +6812,16 @@ int ProcessBuffer(WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx, const unsigned char* buff,
 
                 if (ssl && !ssl->options.verifyNone) {
                     if (ssl->options.minRsaKeySz < 0 ||
-                          keySz < (int)ssl->options.minRsaKeySz) {
+                          keySz < (int)ssl->options.minRsaKeySz ||
+                          keySz > (RSA_MAX_SIZE / 8)) {
                         ret = RSA_KEY_SIZE_E;
                         WOLFSSL_MSG("Certificate RSA key size too small");
                     }
                 }
                 else if (ctx && !ctx->verifyNone) {
                     if (ctx->minRsaKeySz < 0 ||
-                                  keySz < (int)ctx->minRsaKeySz) {
+                            keySz < (int)ctx->minRsaKeySz ||
+                            keySz > (RSA_MAX_SIZE / 8)) {
                         ret = RSA_KEY_SIZE_E;
                         WOLFSSL_MSG("Certificate RSA key size too small");
                     }
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 20d7a059f..51b9ffb15 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_CertRsaPss(void)
     XFILE f;
     const char* rsaPssSha256Cert = "./certs/rsapss/ca-rsapss.der";
     const char* rsaPssRootSha256Cert = "./certs/rsapss/root-rsapss.pem";
-#ifdef WOLFSSL_SHA384
+#if defined(WOLFSSL_SHA384) && RSA_MAX_SIZE >= 3072
     const char* rsaPssSha384Cert = "./certs/rsapss/ca-3072-rsapss.der";
     const char* rsaPssRootSha384Cert = "./certs/rsapss/root-3072-rsapss.pem";
 #endif
@@ -2417,7 +2417,7 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_CertRsaPss(void)
     AssertNotNull(cm);
     AssertIntEQ(WOLFSSL_SUCCESS,
         wolfSSL_CertManagerLoadCA(cm, rsaPssRootSha256Cert, NULL));
-#ifdef WOLFSSL_SHA384
+#if defined(WOLFSSL_SHA384) && RSA_MAX_SIZE >= 3072
     AssertIntEQ(WOLFSSL_SUCCESS,
         wolfSSL_CertManagerLoadCA(cm, rsaPssRootSha384Cert, NULL));
 #endif
@@ -2430,7 +2430,8 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_CertRsaPss(void)
     AssertIntEQ(wc_ParseCert(&cert, CERT_TYPE, VERIFY, cm), 0);
     wc_FreeDecodedCert(&cert);
 
-#if defined(WOLFSSL_SHA384) && defined(WOLFSSL_PSS_LONG_SALT)
+#if defined(WOLFSSL_SHA384) && defined(WOLFSSL_PSS_LONG_SALT) && \
+    RSA_MAX_SIZE >= 3072
     f = XFOPEN(rsaPssSha384Cert, "rb");
     AssertTrue((f != XBADFILE));
     bytes = (int)XFREAD(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), f);