diff --git a/app/controllers/epp/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/epp/base_controller.rb
index ff711c490..205b7f844 100644
--- a/app/controllers/epp/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/epp/base_controller.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ module Epp
     rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound, with: :respond_with_object_does_not_exist_error
     before_action :set_paper_trail_whodunnit
 
-    EIGHT_MEGABYTES = 8_388_608
-
     protected
 
     def respond_with_command_failed_error(exception)
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ module Epp
     end
 
     def error_code(error)
-      error.str1.present? && error.str1.size > EIGHT_MEGABYTES ? 2306 : 2001
+      error.str1.present? && error.str1.size > LegalDocument::MAX_BODY_SIZE ? 2306 : 2001
     end
 
     def schema
diff --git a/app/models/legal_document.rb b/app/models/legal_document.rb
index 377a9fdde..24b965996 100644
--- a/app/models/legal_document.rb
+++ b/app/models/legal_document.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class LegalDocument < ApplicationRecord
   include EppErrors
   MIN_BODY_SIZE = (1.37 * 3.kilobytes).ceil
+  MAX_BODY_SIZE = 8.megabytes
 
   if ENV['legal_document_types'].present?
     TYPES = ENV['legal_document_types'].split(',').map(&:strip)
diff --git a/test/integration/epp/domain/create/base_test.rb b/test/integration/epp/domain/create/base_test.rb
index 777f01abc..5308de519 100644
--- a/test/integration/epp/domain/create/base_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/epp/domain/create/base_test.rb
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ class EppDomainCreateBaseTest < EppTestCase
     contact = contacts(:john)
     registrant = contact.becomes(Registrant)
 
-    # 8388608 bytes == 8 mb
-    bignum_legaldoc = 't' * (8388608 + 1)
+    bignum_legaldoc = 't' * (LegalDocument::MAX_BODY_SIZE + 1)
 
     request_xml = <<-XML
       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
@@ -117,8 +116,7 @@ class EppDomainCreateBaseTest < EppTestCase
     contact = contacts(:john)
     registrant = contact.becomes(Registrant)
 
-    # 8388608 bytes == 8 mb
-    bignum_legaldoc = 't' * 8388608
+    bignum_legaldoc = 't' * LegalDocument::MAX_BODY_SIZE
 
     request_xml = <<-XML
       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>