diff --git a/msgblock.go b/msgblock.go
index a4a3208d8..5e57bf73e 100644
--- a/msgblock.go
+++ b/msgblock.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 // MaxBlocksPerMsg is the maximum number of blocks allowed per message.
 const MaxBlocksPerMsg = 500
 
-// MaxBlockPayload is the maximum bytes a block message can be.
-const MaxBlockPayload = (1024 * 1024) // 1MB
+// MaxBlockPayload is the maximum bytes a block message can be in bytes.
+const MaxBlockPayload = 1000000 // Not actually 1MB which would be 1024 * 1024
 
 // TxLoc holds locator data for the offset and length of where a transaction is
 // located within a MsgBlock data buffer.