diff --git a/rlp/decode.go b/rlp/decode.go
index ca9252575..1e39054e6 100644
--- a/rlp/decode.go
+++ b/rlp/decode.go
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ func (s *Stream) Kind() (kind Kind, size uint64, err error) {
 		tos = &s.stack[len(s.stack)-1]
 	}
 	if s.kind < 0 {
-		// don't read further if we're at the end of the
+		// Don't read further if we're at the end of the
 		// innermost list.
 		if tos != nil && tos.pos == tos.size {
 			return 0, 0, EOL
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ func (s *Stream) Kind() (kind Kind, size uint64, err error) {
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Inside a list, check that the value doesn't overflow the list.
-		if tos.pos+s.size > tos.size {
+		if s.size > tos.size-tos.pos {
 			return 0, 0, ErrElemTooLarge
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/rlp/decode_test.go b/rlp/decode_test.go
index 6b37ab0ad..a64bfe3fd 100644
--- a/rlp/decode_test.go
+++ b/rlp/decode_test.go
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ func TestStreamErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		{"BFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF", calls{"Bytes"}, nil, ErrValueTooLarge},
 		{"C801", calls{"List"}, nil, ErrValueTooLarge},
 
+		// Test for list element size check overflow.
+		{"CD04040404FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0303", calls{"List", "Uint", "Uint", "Uint", "Uint", "List"}, nil, ErrElemTooLarge},
+
 		// Test for input limit overflow. Since we are counting the limit
 		// down toward zero in Stream.remaining, reading too far can overflow
 		// remaining to a large value, effectively disabling the limit.