diff --git a/modules/apps/transfer/types/msgs_test.go b/modules/apps/transfer/types/msgs_test.go
index 602551980c6..f1361214d02 100644
--- a/modules/apps/transfer/types/msgs_test.go
+++ b/modules/apps/transfer/types/msgs_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 	ibcCoins          = sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("ibc/7F1D3FCF4AE79E1554D670D1AD949A9BA4E4A3C76C63093E17E446A46061A7A2", sdkmath.NewInt(100)))
 	invalidIBCCoins   = sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("ibc/7F1D3FCF4AE79E1554", sdkmath.NewInt(100)))
 	invalidDenomCoins = []sdk.Coin{{Denom: "0atom", Amount: sdkmath.NewInt(100)}}
-	zeroCoins         = sdk.NewCoins(sdk.Coin{Denom: "atoms", Amount: sdkmath.NewInt(0)})
+	zeroCoins         = []sdk.Coin{{Denom: "atoms", Amount: sdkmath.NewInt(0)}}
 
 	timeoutHeight = clienttypes.NewHeight(0, 10)
 )
diff --git a/modules/apps/transfer/types/packet.go b/modules/apps/transfer/types/packet.go
index 649bc7cddad..e706084d56a 100644
--- a/modules/apps/transfer/types/packet.go
+++ b/modules/apps/transfer/types/packet.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (ftpd FungibleTokenPacketData) GetCustomPacketData(key string) interface{}
 	return memoData
 }
 
-// NewFungibleTokenPacketDataV2 constructs a new NewFungibleTokenPacketDataV2 instance
+// NewFungibleTokenPacketDataV2 constructs a new FungibleTokenPacketDataV2 instance
 func NewFungibleTokenPacketDataV2(
 	tokens []Token,
 	sender, receiver string,
diff --git a/modules/apps/transfer/types/packet_test.go b/modules/apps/transfer/types/packet_test.go
index 9292f207f7f..71a0cfc81c7 100644
--- a/modules/apps/transfer/types/packet_test.go
+++ b/modules/apps/transfer/types/packet_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/apps/transfer/types"
 	ibcerrors "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/errors"
+	ibctesting "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/testing"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -338,6 +339,22 @@ func TestFungibleTokenPacketDataV2ValidateBasic(t *testing.T) {
 			),
 			ibcerrors.ErrInvalidAddress,
 		},
+		{
+			"failure: memo field too large",
+			types.NewFungibleTokenPacketDataV2(
+				[]types.Token{
+					{
+						Denom:  denom,
+						Amount: largeAmount,
+						Trace:  []string{"transfer/channel-0", "transfer/channel-1"},
+					},
+				},
+				sender,
+				receiver,
+				ibctesting.GenerateString(types.MaximumMemoLength+1),
+			),
+			types.ErrInvalidMemo,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {