Let p be a prime and let P be a Sylow p-subgroup of a finite nonabelian group G. Let bcl(G) be the size of the largest conjugacy classes of the group G. We show that if p is an odd prime but not a Mersenne prime or if P does not involve a section isomorphic to the wreath product \({Z_p \wr Z_p}\), then \({|P/O_p(G)| \leq bcl(G)}\).