diff --git a/lib/rack/method_override.rb b/lib/rack/method_override.rb
index 453901fc6..b586f5339 100644
--- a/lib/rack/method_override.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/method_override.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def allowed_methods
 
     def method_override_param(req)
       req.POST[METHOD_OVERRIDE_PARAM_KEY]
-    rescue Utils::InvalidParameterError, Utils::ParameterTypeError
+    rescue Utils::InvalidParameterError, Utils::ParameterTypeError, QueryParser::ParamsTooDeepError
       req.get_header(RACK_ERRORS).puts "Invalid or incomplete POST params"
     rescue EOFError
       req.get_header(RACK_ERRORS).puts "Bad request content body"
diff --git a/test/spec_method_override.rb b/test/spec_method_override.rb
index 5909907b4..ddb105bdf 100644
--- a/test/spec_method_override.rb
+++ b/test/spec_method_override.rb
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ def app
     env[Rack::RACK_ERRORS].read.must_match /Bad request content body/
   end
 
+  it "not modify REQUEST_METHOD for POST requests when the params are unparseable because too deep" do
+    env = Rack::MockRequest.env_for("/", method: "POST", input: ("[a]" * 36) + "=1")
+    app.call env
+
+    env["REQUEST_METHOD"].must_equal "POST"
+  end
+
   it "not modify REQUEST_METHOD for POST requests when the params are unparseable" do
     env = Rack::MockRequest.env_for("/", method: "POST", input: "(%bad-params%)")
     app.call env