diff --git a/crates/dbx-web/src/routes/app_settings.rs b/crates/dbx-web/src/routes/app_settings.rs
index 4aaf7f5193..87f70db26b 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-web/src/routes/app_settings.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-web/src/routes/app_settings.rs
@@ -130,9 +130,13 @@ pub async fn load_max_retries(State(state): State<Arc<WebState>>) -> Result<Json
     state.app.storage.load_max_retries().await.map(Json).map_err(AppError::from)
 }
 
-pub async fn load_sql_file_upload_max_bytes(State(state): State<Arc<WebState>>) -> Result<Json<u32>, AppError> {
+fn sql_file_upload_max_bytes_from_mb(max_mb: u32) -> u64 {
+    u64::from(max_mb).saturating_mul(1024 * 1024)
+}
+
+pub async fn load_sql_file_upload_max_bytes(State(state): State<Arc<WebState>>) -> Result<Json<u64>, AppError> {
     let max_mb = state.app.storage.load_sql_file_upload_max_mb().await.map_err(AppError::from)?;
-    Ok(Json(max_mb.saturating_mul(1024 * 1024)))
+    Ok(Json(sql_file_upload_max_bytes_from_mb(max_mb)))
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -182,7 +186,12 @@ fn decrypt_config_payload(payload: &EncryptedConfigPayload, passphrase: &str) ->
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{decrypt_config_payload, EncryptedConfigPayload};
+    use super::{decrypt_config_payload, sql_file_upload_max_bytes_from_mb, EncryptedConfigPayload};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn preserves_four_gib_sql_file_upload_limit() {
+        assert_eq!(sql_file_upload_max_bytes_from_mb(4096), 4096_u64 * 1024 * 1024);
+    }
 
     fn exported_browser_payload() -> EncryptedConfigPayload {
         EncryptedConfigPayload {