diff --git a/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java b/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java
index 5e10719c0c8a..5b759fc373c4 100644
--- a/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java
+++ b/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ public ReadLimit getDefaultReadLimit() {
         && maxRecordsPerMicroBatch != Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
       ReadLimit[] readLimits = new ReadLimit[2];
       readLimits[0] = ReadLimit.maxFiles(maxFilesPerMicroBatch);
-      readLimits[1] = ReadLimit.maxRows(maxFilesPerMicroBatch);
+      readLimits[1] = ReadLimit.maxRows(maxRecordsPerMicroBatch);
       return ReadLimit.compositeLimit(readLimits);
     } else if (maxFilesPerMicroBatch != Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
       return ReadLimit.maxFiles(maxFilesPerMicroBatch);
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java
index 49180e07c465..20d2e8ad5559 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkMicroBatchStream.java
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ public ReadLimit getDefaultReadLimit() {
         && maxRecordsPerMicroBatch != Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
       ReadLimit[] readLimits = new ReadLimit[2];
       readLimits[0] = ReadLimit.maxFiles(maxFilesPerMicroBatch);
-      readLimits[1] = ReadLimit.maxRows(maxFilesPerMicroBatch);
+      readLimits[1] = ReadLimit.maxRows(maxRecordsPerMicroBatch);
       return ReadLimit.compositeLimit(readLimits);
     } else if (maxFilesPerMicroBatch != Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
       return ReadLimit.maxFiles(maxFilesPerMicroBatch);