diff --git a/pkg/consensus/recovery_message.go b/pkg/consensus/recovery_message.go
index af66daf7a..aa409b19a 100644
--- a/pkg/consensus/recovery_message.go
+++ b/pkg/consensus/recovery_message.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (p *changeViewCompact) DecodeBinary(r *io.BinReader) {
 	p.ValidatorIndex = r.ReadU16LE()
 	p.OriginalViewNumber = r.ReadB()
 	p.Timestamp = r.ReadU32LE()
-	p.InvocationScript = r.ReadVarBytes()
+	p.InvocationScript = r.ReadVarBytes(1024)
 }
 
 // EncodeBinary implements io.Serializable interface.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (p *commitCompact) DecodeBinary(r *io.BinReader) {
 	p.ValidatorIndex = r.ReadU16LE()
 	r.ReadBytes(p.Signature[:])
 	r.ReadBytes(p.StateSignature[:])
-	p.InvocationScript = r.ReadVarBytes()
+	p.InvocationScript = r.ReadVarBytes(1024)
 }
 
 // EncodeBinary implements io.Serializable interface.
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (p *commitCompact) EncodeBinary(w *io.BinWriter) {
 // DecodeBinary implements io.Serializable interface.
 func (p *preparationCompact) DecodeBinary(r *io.BinReader) {
 	p.ValidatorIndex = r.ReadU16LE()
-	p.InvocationScript = r.ReadVarBytes()
+	p.InvocationScript = r.ReadVarBytes(1024)
 }
 
 // EncodeBinary implements io.Serializable interface.