ajp_msg_append_cvt_string(): BufferOverflowException on apache 2.4

In below code from apache server ajp_msg.c, any idea where the
msg->max_size is coming from ?

I am trying to fix error message below :

ajp_msg_append_cvt_string(): BufferOverflowException 4 8186

**
*  Add a String in AJP message, and transform the String in ASCII
*  if convert is set and we're on an EBCDIC machine
*
* @param msg       AJP Message to get value from
* @param value     Pointer to String
* @param convert   When set told to convert String to ASCII
* @return          APR_SUCCESS or error
*/
apr_status_t ajp_msg_append_string_ex(ajp_msg_t *msg, const char *value,
                                      int convert)
{
    apr_size_t len;

    if (value == NULL) {
        return(ajp_msg_append_uint16(msg, 0xFFFF));
    }

    len = strlen(value);
    if ((msg->len + len + 3) > msg->max_size) {
        return ajp_log_overflow(msg, "ajp_msg_append_cvt_string");
    }

    /* ignore error - we checked once */
    ajp_msg_append_uint16(msg, (apr_uint16_t)len);

    /* We checked for space !!  */
    memcpy(msg->buf + msg->len, value, len + 1); /* including  */

    if (convert) {
        /* convert from EBCDIC if needed */
        ap_xlate_proto_to_ascii((char *)msg->buf + msg->len, len + 1);
    }

    msg->len += len + 1;

    return APR_SUCCESS;
}