diff --git a/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-elasticsearch-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/storage/plugin/elasticsearch/query/MetadataQueryEsDAO.java b/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-elasticsearch-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/storage/plugin/elasticsearch/query/MetadataQueryEsDAO.java
index 9a103b536c916..5bae5a6431231 100644
--- a/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-elasticsearch-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/storage/plugin/elasticsearch/query/MetadataQueryEsDAO.java
+++ b/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-elasticsearch-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/storage/plugin/elasticsearch/query/MetadataQueryEsDAO.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public List<Endpoint> findEndpoint(String keyword, String serviceId, int limit)
             .client(getClient())
             .search(search.build())
             .index(index)
-            .queryMaxSize(queryMaxSize)
+            .queryMaxSize(limit)
             .resultConverter(searchHit -> {
                 final var sourceAsMap = searchHit.getSource();