diff --git a/src/modules/module_08300.c b/src/modules/module_08300.c
index 74bb19823..e51d30313 100644
--- a/src/modules/module_08300.c
+++ b/src/modules/module_08300.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int module_hash_decode (MAYBE_UNUSED const hashconfig_t *hashconfig, MAYBE_UNUSE
 
   token.sep[2]     = ':';
   token.len_min[2] = 0;
-  token.len_max[2] = 32;
+  token.len_max[2] = 510; // max salt length is 255B, human readable repr is hex so 2 chars per byte
   token.attr[2]    = TOKEN_ATTR_VERIFY_LENGTH;
 
   token.sep[3]     = ':';