diff --git a/src/pages/iou/steps/IOUAmountPage.js b/src/pages/iou/steps/IOUAmountPage.js
index 98112ff9d33d..1fa98e339b59 100755
--- a/src/pages/iou/steps/IOUAmountPage.js
+++ b/src/pages/iou/steps/IOUAmountPage.js
@@ -153,7 +153,13 @@ class IOUAmountPage extends React.Component {
     calculateAmountLength(amount) {
         const leadingZeroes = amount.match(/^0+/);
         const leadingZeroesLength = lodashGet(leadingZeroes, '[0].length', 0);
-        const absAmount = parseFloat((amount * 100).toFixed(2)).toString();
+        const absAmount = parseFloat((this.stripCommaFromAmount(amount) * 100).toFixed(2)).toString();
+
+        // The following logic will prevent users from pasting an amount that is excessively long in length,
+        // which would result in the 'absAmount' value being expressed in scientific notation or becoming infinity.
+        if (/\D/.test(absAmount)) {
+            return CONST.IOU.AMOUNT_MAX_LENGTH + 1;
+        }
 
         /*
         Return the sum of leading zeroes length and absolute amount length(including fraction digits).