diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index 942b13c237..eb12fd83a8 100755
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ QByteArray AvatarData::toByteArray(AvatarDataDetail dataDetail, quint64 lastSent
     const size_t byteArraySize = AvatarDataPacket::MAX_CONSTANT_HEADER_SIZE + NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID +
          AvatarDataPacket::maxFaceTrackerInfoSize(_headData->getBlendshapeCoefficients().size()) +
          AvatarDataPacket::maxJointDataSize(_jointData.size()) +
+         FAR_GRAB_JOINTS_SIZE +
          AvatarDataPacket::maxJointDefaultPoseFlagsSize(_jointData.size());
 
     if (maxDataSize == 0) {