diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c
index fbb53cc42f..9cb84bbe1e 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int process_http_upload(
                         _cleanup_free_ char *buf = NULL;
                         size_t buf_size;
 
-                        r = decompress_blob(source->compression, upload_data, *upload_data_size, (void **) &buf, &buf_size, 0);
+                        r = decompress_blob(source->compression, upload_data, *upload_data_size, (void **) &buf, &buf_size, DATA_SIZE_MAX);
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return mhd_respondf(connection, r, MHD_HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, "Decompression of received blob failed.");
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
index 54c647d75b..a4b270ceb7 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ static int maybe_decompress_payload(
                                 return 1;
                 }
 
-                r = decompress_blob(compression, payload, size, &f->compress_buffer, &rsize, 0);
+                r = decompress_blob(compression, payload, size, &f->compress_buffer, &rsize, DATA_SIZE_MAX);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c
index 1b3bf3fca3..11532c5f8a 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-verify.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int hash_payload(JournalFile *f, Object *o, uint64_t offset, const uint8_
                 _cleanup_free_ void *b = NULL;
                 size_t b_size;
 
-                r = decompress_blob(c, src, size, &b, &b_size, 0);
+                r = decompress_blob(c, src, size, &b, &b_size, DATA_SIZE_MAX);
                 if (r < 0) {
                         error_errno(offset, r, "%s decompression failed: %m",
                                     compression_to_string(c));