diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/common/packet/PacketOutputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/common/packet/PacketOutputStream.java
index 8f82884..c02e474 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/common/packet/PacketOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/common/packet/PacketOutputStream.java
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@
     private static final int MAX_PACKET_LENGTH = 0x00ffffff;
     private static final int SEQNO_OFFSET = 3;
     private static final int HEADER_LENGTH = 4;
-    private static final int MAX_SEQNO = 0xffff;
-
-
+    
     OutputStream baseStream;
     byte[] byteBuffer;
     int position;
+    
+    /**
+     * The server wants a value between 0 add 255. Only the least significant bits of this 
+     * attribute is sent to the server
+     */
     int seqNo;
     boolean compress;
 
@@ -49,14 +52,14 @@
         byteBuffer[0] = 0;
         byteBuffer[1] = 0;
         byteBuffer[2] = 0;
-        byteBuffer[SEQNO_OFFSET] = (byte)seqNo;
+        byteBuffer[SEQNO_OFFSET] = (byte)seqNo; //Send a value between 0 and 255 (seqNo may be cropped)
         baseStream.write(byteBuffer, 0, 4);
         position = HEADER_LENGTH;
     }
 
     /* Used by LOAD DATA INFILE. End of data is indicated by packet of length 0. */
     public void sendFile(InputStream is, int seq) throws IOException{
-        byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
+        byte[] buffer = new byte[65536]; //This may cause problems if max_allowed_packet is very low
         int len;
         while((len = is.read(buffer)) > 0) {
           startPacket(seq++);
@@ -79,9 +82,6 @@
     public void write(byte[] bytes, int off, int len) throws IOException{
       if (seqNo == -1) {
            throw new AssertionError("Use PacketOutputStream.startPacket() before write()");
-      }
-      if (seqNo == MAX_SEQNO) {
-          throw new IOException("MySQL protocol limit reached, you cannot send more than 4GB of data");
       }
 
       for (;;) {