diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c7c0a2c0c..f42bac020 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3419,9 +3419,11 @@ Version 1.5.3rc02 [June 8, 2011]
 
 Version 1.5.3beta11 [June 11, 2011]
   Fixed png_handle_sCAL which is broken in 1.5; added sCAL to pngtest.png
-  Revised documentation about png_set_user_limits() to say that it can
-    only be used to reduce the defined limit, and that it also affects
+  Revised documentation about png_set_user_limits() to say that it also affects
     png writing.
+  Revised handling of png_set_user_limits() so that it can increase the
+    limit beyond the PNG_USER_WIDTH|HEIGHT_MAX; previously it could only
+    reduce it.
   Make the 16-to-8 scaling accurate. Dividing by 256 with no rounding is
     wrong (high by one) 25% of the time. Dividing by 257 with rounding is
     wrong in 128 out of 65536 cases. Getting the right answer all the time
diff --git a/png.c b/png.c
index bf31bddd2..83cd96f69 100644
--- a/png.c
+++ b/png.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ png_check_IHDR(png_structp png_ptr,
    }
 
 #  ifdef PNG_SET_USER_LIMITS_SUPPORTED
-   if (width > png_ptr->user_width_max || width > PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX)
+   if (width > png_ptr->user_width_max)
 
 #  else
    if (width > PNG_USER_WIDTH_MAX)
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ png_check_IHDR(png_structp png_ptr,
    }
 
 #  ifdef PNG_SET_USER_LIMITS_SUPPORTED
-   if (height > png_ptr->user_height_max || height > PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX)
+   if (height > png_ptr->user_height_max)
 #  else
    if (height > PNG_USER_HEIGHT_MAX)
 #  endif