diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/account_quotas.py b/swift/common/middleware/account_quotas.py
index ec4a3fda2e..a3c7dc96cd 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/account_quotas.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/account_quotas.py
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ account size has been updated.
 """
 
 from swift.common.constraints import check_copy_from_header
-from swift.common.swob import HTTPForbidden, HTTPRequestEntityTooLarge, \
-    HTTPBadRequest, wsgify
+from swift.common.swob import HTTPForbidden, Response, HTTPBadRequest, wsgify
 from swift.common.utils import register_swift_info
 from swift.proxy.controllers.base import get_account_info, get_object_info
 
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ class AccountQuotaMiddleware(object):
 
         new_size = int(account_info['bytes']) + content_length
         if quota < new_size:
-            return HTTPRequestEntityTooLarge()
+            return Response(status=413, body='Upload exceeds quota.')
 
         return self.app
 
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_account_quotas.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_account_quotas.py
index 8660cf5e48..75bd1d70eb 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_account_quotas.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_account_quotas.py
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class TestAccountQuota(unittest.TestCase):
                                      'swift.cache': cache})
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+        self.assertEquals(res.body, 'Upload exceeds quota.')
 
     def test_over_quota_container_create_still_works(self):
         headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '1001'),
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ class TestAccountQuota(unittest.TestCase):
                             headers={'x-copy-from': '/c2/o2'})
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+        self.assertEquals(res.body, 'Upload exceeds quota.')
 
     def test_exceed_bytes_quota_copy_verb(self):
         headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '500'),
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ class TestAccountQuota(unittest.TestCase):
                             headers={'Destination': '/c/o'})
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+        self.assertEquals(res.body, 'Upload exceeds quota.')
 
     def test_not_exceed_bytes_quota_copy_from(self):
         headers = [('x-account-bytes-used', '0'),
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_quotas.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_quotas.py
index da060e1229..b0548cc56c 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_quotas.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_quotas.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class TestContainerQuotas(unittest.TestCase):
                      'CONTENT_LENGTH': '100'})
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+        self.assertEquals(res.body, 'Upload exceeds quota.')
 
     def test_exceed_bytes_quota_copy_from(self):
         app = container_quotas.ContainerQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(), {})
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ class TestContainerQuotas(unittest.TestCase):
                             headers={'x-copy-from': '/c2/o2'})
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+        self.assertEquals(res.body, 'Upload exceeds quota.')
 
     def test_exceed_bytes_quota_copy_verb(self):
         app = container_quotas.ContainerQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(), {})
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ class TestContainerQuotas(unittest.TestCase):
                             headers={'Destination': '/c/o'})
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+        self.assertEquals(res.body, 'Upload exceeds quota.')
 
     def test_not_exceed_bytes_quota(self):
         app = container_quotas.ContainerQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(), {})
@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@ class TestContainerQuotas(unittest.TestCase):
                      'CONTENT_LENGTH': '100'})
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+        self.assertEquals(res.body, 'Upload exceeds quota.')
 
     def test_exceed_counts_quota_copy_from(self):
         app = container_quotas.ContainerQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(), {})
@@ -202,6 +206,7 @@ class TestContainerQuotas(unittest.TestCase):
                             headers={'x-copy-from': '/c2/o2'})
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+        self.assertEquals(res.body, 'Upload exceeds quota.')
 
     def test_exceed_counts_quota_copy_verb(self):
         app = container_quotas.ContainerQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(), {})
@@ -212,6 +217,7 @@ class TestContainerQuotas(unittest.TestCase):
                             headers={'Destination': '/c/o'})
         res = req.get_response(app)
         self.assertEquals(res.status_int, 413)
+        self.assertEquals(res.body, 'Upload exceeds quota.')
 
     def test_not_exceed_counts_quota(self):
         app = container_quotas.ContainerQuotaMiddleware(FakeApp(), {})