diff --git a/src/net/http/request.go b/src/net/http/request.go
index a03a54b9437..924ca1b390b 100644
--- a/src/net/http/request.go
+++ b/src/net/http/request.go
@@ -1169,7 +1169,8 @@ func (l *maxBytesReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	// If they asked for a 32KB byte read but only 5 bytes are
 	// remaining, no need to read 32KB. 6 bytes will answer the
 	// question of the whether we hit the limit or go past it.
-	if int64(len(p)) > l.n+1 {
+	// 0 < len(p) < 2^63
+	if int64(len(p))-1 > l.n {
 		p = p[:l.n+1]
 	}
 	n, err = l.r.Read(p)
diff --git a/src/net/http/request_test.go b/src/net/http/request_test.go
index ce673d34a23..672c01c3875 100644
--- a/src/net/http/request_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/request_test.go
@@ -982,6 +982,12 @@ func TestMaxBytesReaderDifferentLimits(t *testing.T) {
 			wantN:   len(testStr),
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		10: { /* Issue 54408 */
+			limit:   int64(1<<63-1),
+			lenP:    len(testStr),
+			wantN:   len(testStr),
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for i, tt := range tests {
 		rc := MaxBytesReader(nil, io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(testStr)), tt.limit)