diff --git a/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_variable_length_array_bool.cpp b/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_variable_length_array_bool.cpp
index 64a7fb79..a2ce506e 100644
--- a/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_variable_length_array_bool.cpp
+++ b/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_variable_length_array_bool.cpp
@@ -335,6 +335,20 @@ TYPED_TEST(VLABoolTests, TestBoolResizeOneBit)
     ASSERT_EQ(0, array[4]);
 }
 
+TYPED_TEST(VLABoolTestsVLAOnly, TestBoolResizeExceedingMaxSizeMax)
+{
+    std::size_t max_size_max = 1ul;
+    auto array = TypeParam::make_bool_container(1ul);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, array.size());
+#ifdef __cpp_exceptions
+    ASSERT_THROW(array.resize(2 * max_size_max), std::length_error);
+#else
+    array.resize(2 * max_size_max);
+    ASSERT_EQ(max_size_max, array.size());
+#endif  // __cpp_exceptions
+}
+
 TYPED_TEST(VLABoolTests, TestBoolFront)
 {
     auto array = TypeParam::make_bool_container(std::initializer_list<bool>{true, false, true});
diff --git a/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_variable_length_array_general_allocation.cpp b/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_variable_length_array_general_allocation.cpp
index aa928916..52d043f7 100644
--- a/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_variable_length_array_general_allocation.cpp
+++ b/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_variable_length_array_general_allocation.cpp
@@ -784,6 +784,27 @@ TYPED_TEST(VLATestsGeneralAllocation, TestResizeWithCopy)
 
 // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
+TYPED_TEST(VLATestsGeneralAllocation, TestResizeExceedingMaxSizeMax)
+{
+    if (!std::is_same<typename TypeParam::container_type, cetlvast::CETLTag>::value)
+    {
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "Skipping test that only works for CETL VLA.";
+    }
+
+    std::size_t max_size_max = 1ul;
+    typename TestFixture::SubjectType subject{max_size_max, TestFixture::make_allocator()};
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, subject.size());
+#ifdef __cpp_exceptions
+    ASSERT_THROW(subject.resize(2 * max_size_max), std::length_error);
+#else
+    subject.resize(2 * max_size_max);
+    ASSERT_EQ(max_size_max, subject.size());
+#endif  // __cpp_exceptions
+}
+
+// +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
 TYPED_TEST(VLATestsGeneralAllocation, TestFrontAndBack)
 {
     using const_ref_value_type =
diff --git a/include/cetl/variable_length_array.hpp b/include/cetl/variable_length_array.hpp
index fc0ba395..d3ffd78a 100644
--- a/include/cetl/variable_length_array.hpp
+++ b/include/cetl/variable_length_array.hpp
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ class VariableLengthArrayBase
     }
 
     template <typename... Args>
-    constexpr void resize(const size_type new_size, const size_type max_size, Args&&... args)
+    constexpr void resize(size_type new_size, const size_type max_size, Args&&... args)
     {
         if (new_size == size_)
         {
@@ -659,6 +659,11 @@ class VariableLengthArrayBase
             if (new_size > capacity_)
             {
                 reserve(new_size, max_size);
+#if !defined(__cpp_exceptions)
+                if (capacity_ != new_size) {
+                    new_size = capacity_;
+                }
+#endif
             }
             for (std::size_t i = size_; i < new_size; ++i)
             {