diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/commons/CommonsFileUploadSupport.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/commons/CommonsFileUploadSupport.java
index 02572b4069..622b1844fc 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/commons/CommonsFileUploadSupport.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/commons/CommonsFileUploadSupport.java
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ public abstract class CommonsFileUploadSupport {
 		if (encoding != null && !encoding.equals(fileUpload.getHeaderEncoding())) {
 			actualFileUpload = newFileUpload(getFileItemFactory());
 			actualFileUpload.setSizeMax(fileUpload.getSizeMax());
+			actualFileUpload.setFileSizeMax(fileUpload.getFileSizeMax());
 			actualFileUpload.setHeaderEncoding(encoding);
 		}