diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/serializers.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/serializers.py
index 3785cfb292..3a237e4280 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/serializers.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/serializers.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError as DjangoValidationError
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.db import models
 
 from djmoney.contrib.django_rest_framework.fields import MoneyField
 from djmoney.money import Money
@@ -239,6 +240,19 @@ class InvenTreeModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         return data
 
 
+class ReferenceIndexingSerializerMixin():
+    """
+    This serializer mixin ensures the the reference is not to big / small
+    for the BigIntegerField
+    """
+    def validate_reference(self, value):
+        if int(value) < -models.BigIntegerField.MAX_BIGINT:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError('reference is to to small')
+        if int(value) > models.BigIntegerField.MAX_BIGINT:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError('reference is to to big')
+        return value
+
+
 class InvenTreeAttachmentSerializerField(serializers.FileField):
     """
     Override the DRF native FileField serializer,