diff --git a/lib/dao.js b/lib/dao.js
index 959a734e..da9a6546 100644
--- a/lib/dao.js
+++ b/lib/dao.js
@@ -1705,7 +1705,12 @@ DataAccessObject._sanitizeQuery = function(query, options) {
 
 DataAccessObject._sanitizeData = function(data, options) {
   options = options || {};
-  return sanitizeQueryOrData(data, options);
+  // See https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-datasource-juggler/issues/1651
+  var maxDepthOfQuery = (+this._getSetting('maxDepthOfQuery')) || 12;
+  return sanitizeQueryOrData(data,
+    Object.assign({
+      maxDepth: maxDepthOfQuery,
+    }, options));
 };
 
 /*