diff --git a/communication/u2fhid/u2fhid.go b/communication/u2fhid/u2fhid.go
index 2b58b4a..65af17e 100644
--- a/communication/u2fhid/u2fhid.go
+++ b/communication/u2fhid/u2fhid.go
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ func (communication *Communication) sendFrame(msg string) error {
 	if dataLen == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
+	const (
+		initPayloadSize = writeReportSize - 7
+		contPayloadSize = writeReportSize - 5
+		// Continuation sequence numbers range from 0 to 127.
+		maxPayloadSize = initPayloadSize + 128*contPayloadSize
+	)
+	if dataLen > maxPayloadSize {
+		return errp.Newf("message too large: %d bytes exceeds maximum of %d", dataLen, maxPayloadSize)
+	}
 
 	readBuffer := bytes.NewBufferString(msg)
 	out := newBuffer()
@@ -90,8 +99,6 @@ func (communication *Communication) sendFrame(msg string) error {
 	// Calculate how large the `out` buffer should be. Round up to an equal
 	// number of writeReportSize sized bytes
 	outLen := writeReportSize
-	initPayloadSize := writeReportSize - 7
-	contPayloadSize := writeReportSize - 5
 	if dataLen > initPayloadSize {
 		contLen := dataLen - initPayloadSize
 		outLen += ((contLen + contPayloadSize - 1) / contPayloadSize) * writeReportSize
diff --git a/communication/u2fhid/u2fhid_test.go b/communication/u2fhid/u2fhid_test.go
index fa2ce1f..8943cec 100644
--- a/communication/u2fhid/u2fhid_test.go
+++ b/communication/u2fhid/u2fhid_test.go
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ func TestSendFrame(t *testing.T) {
 			chunkSize:      1,
 			expectedFrames: strings.Repeat("d", 64*3),
 		},
+		{
+			name:           "maximum payload",
+			input:          strings.Repeat("e", 7609),
+			chunkSize:      64,
+			expectedFrames: strings.Repeat("e", 7609),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -177,3 +183,24 @@ func TestSendFrame(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSendFrameRejectsOversizedMessages(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		name string
+		size int
+	}{
+		{name: "one byte over maximum", size: 7610},
+		{name: "length exceeds uint16", size: 1 << 16},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rw := &testRW{}
+			comm := NewCommunication(rw, 0xab)
+			if err := comm.SendFrame(strings.Repeat("a", tt.size)); err == nil {
+				t.Error("expected oversized message to be rejected")
+			}
+			if rw.writeBuffer.Len() != 0 {
+				t.Error("oversized message wrote packets to the device")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}