diff --git a/app/test/big_blob_test.go b/app/test/big_blob_test.go
index cede1ae65d..f6c62e8441 100644
--- a/app/test/big_blob_test.go
+++ b/app/test/big_blob_test.go
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ func (s *BigBlobSuite) TestErrBlobsTooLarge() {
 	}
 	testCases := []testCase{
 		{
-			name: "2 mebibyte blob",
-			blob: newBlobWithSize(2 * mebibyte),
+			name: "~ 1.9 mebibyte blob",
+			blob: newBlobWithSize(2_000_000),
 			want: blobtypes.ErrBlobsTooLarge.ABCICode(),
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/app/validate_txs.go b/app/validate_txs.go
index 9657dc8377..346bcd7f45 100644
--- a/app/validate_txs.go
+++ b/app/validate_txs.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func separateTxs(_ client.TxConfig, rawTxs [][]byte) ([][]byte, []*tx.BlobTx) {
 func FilterTxs(logger log.Logger, ctx sdk.Context, handler sdk.AnteHandler, txConfig client.TxConfig, txs [][]byte) [][]byte {
 	// all transactions should be below the max tx size
 	maxTxSize := appconsts.MaxTxSize(ctx.BlockHeader().Version.App)
+	//nolint:prealloc
 	var txsBelowLimit [][]byte
 	for idx, tx := range txs {
 		if len(tx) > maxTxSize {