diff --git a/core/execution.go b/core/execution.go
index 576e05851f..e3ea1006c8 100644
--- a/core/execution.go
+++ b/core/execution.go
@@ -150,11 +150,13 @@ func Create(env vm.Environment, caller vm.ContractRef, code []byte, gas, gasPric
 	defer contract.Finalise()
 
 	ret, err = env.Vm().Run(contract, nil)
+	// check whether the max code size has been exceeded
+	maxCodeSizeExceeded := len(ret) > params.MaxCodeSize
 	// if the contract creation ran successfully and no errors were returned
 	// calculate the gas required to store the code. If the code could not
 	// be stored due to not enough gas set an error and let it be handled
 	// by the error checking condition below.
-	if err == nil {
+	if err == nil && !maxCodeSizeExceeded {
 		dataGas := big.NewInt(int64(len(ret)))
 		dataGas.Mul(dataGas, params.CreateDataGas)
 		if contract.UseGas(dataGas) {
@@ -167,9 +169,9 @@ func Create(env vm.Environment, caller vm.ContractRef, code []byte, gas, gasPric
 	// When an error was returned by the EVM or when setting the creation code
 	// above we revert to the snapshot and consume any gas remaining. Additionally
 	// when we're in homestead this also counts for code storage gas errors.
-	if err != nil && (env.ChainConfig().IsHomestead(env.BlockNumber()) || err != vm.CodeStoreOutOfGasError) {
+	if maxCodeSizeExceeded ||
+		(err != nil && (env.ChainConfig().IsHomestead(env.BlockNumber()) || err != vm.CodeStoreOutOfGasError)) {
 		contract.UseGas(contract.Gas)
-
 		env.RevertToSnapshot(snapshotPreTransfer)
 
 		// Nothing should be returned when an error is thrown.
diff --git a/params/protocol_params.go b/params/protocol_params.go
index 5079eb111c..e98925c2b9 100644
--- a/params/protocol_params.go
+++ b/params/protocol_params.go
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-// DO NOT EDIT!!!
-// AUTOGENERATED FROM generators/defaults.go
-
 package params
 
 import "math/big"
@@ -72,4 +69,5 @@ var (
 	MemoryGas            = big.NewInt(3)      // Times the address of the (highest referenced byte in memory + 1). NOTE: referencing happens on read, write and in instructions such as RETURN and CALL.
 	TxDataNonZeroGas     = big.NewInt(68)     // Per byte of data attached to a transaction that is not equal to zero. NOTE: Not payable on data of calls between transactions.
 
+	MaxCodeSize = 24576
 )