diff --git a/app/src/control_msg.h b/app/src/control_msg.h
index 0e85c97e..1a5449a0 100644
--- a/app/src/control_msg.h
+++ b/app/src/control_msg.h
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 #include "android/keycodes.h"
 #include "common.h"
 
+#define CONTROL_MSG_SERIALIZED_MAX_SIZE 4096
+
 #define CONTROL_MSG_INJECT_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH 300
-#define CONTROL_MSG_CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH 4092
-#define CONTROL_MSG_SERIALIZED_MAX_SIZE \
-    (4 + CONTROL_MSG_CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH)
+// type: 1 byte; paste flag: 1 byte; length: 2 bytes
+#define CONTROL_MSG_CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH \
+    (CONTROL_MSG_SERIALIZED_MAX_SIZE - 4)
 
 #define POINTER_ID_MOUSE UINT64_C(-1);
 
diff --git a/app/src/device_msg.h b/app/src/device_msg.h
index 04723597..f19630bf 100644
--- a/app/src/device_msg.h
+++ b/app/src/device_msg.h
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#define DEVICE_MSG_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH 4093
-#define DEVICE_MSG_SERIALIZED_MAX_SIZE (3 + DEVICE_MSG_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH)
+#define DEVICE_MSG_SERIALIZED_MAX_SIZE 4096
+// type: 1 byte; length: 2 bytes
+#define DEVICE_MSG_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH (DEVICE_MSG_SERIALIZED_MAX_SIZE - 3)
 
 enum device_msg_type {
     DEVICE_MSG_TYPE_CLIPBOARD,
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/ControlMessageReader.java b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/ControlMessageReader.java
index fbf49a61..f80ffebb 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/ControlMessageReader.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/ControlMessageReader.java
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ public class ControlMessageReader {
     static final int SET_SCREEN_POWER_MODE_PAYLOAD_LENGTH = 1;
     static final int SET_CLIPBOARD_FIXED_PAYLOAD_LENGTH = 1;
 
-    public static final int CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = 4092; // 4096 - 1 (type) - 1 (parse flag) - 2 (length)
+    private static final int MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE = 4096;
+
+    public static final int CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE - 4; // type: 1 byte; paste flag: 1 byte; length: 2 bytes
     public static final int INJECT_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = 300;
 
-    private static final int RAW_BUFFER_SIZE = 4096;
-
-    private final byte[] rawBuffer = new byte[RAW_BUFFER_SIZE];
+    private final byte[] rawBuffer = new byte[MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE];
     private final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(rawBuffer);
     private final byte[] textBuffer = new byte[CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH];
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DeviceMessageWriter.java b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DeviceMessageWriter.java
index 6c7f3634..ea54d533 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DeviceMessageWriter.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DeviceMessageWriter.java
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 public class DeviceMessageWriter {
 
-    public static final int CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = 4093;
-    private static final int MAX_EVENT_SIZE = CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH + 3;
+    private static final int MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE = 4096;
+    public static final int CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE - 3; // type: 1 byte; length: 2 bytes
 
-    private final byte[] rawBuffer = new byte[MAX_EVENT_SIZE];
+    private final byte[] rawBuffer = new byte[MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE];
     private final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(rawBuffer);
 
     public void writeTo(DeviceMessage msg, OutputStream output) throws IOException {