diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/connect/dataframe.py b/python/pyspark/sql/connect/dataframe.py
index bf9ed83615b69..03a766aff3085 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/connect/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/connect/dataframe.py
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ def groupBy(self, *cols: "ColumnOrString") -> GroupingFrame:
         return GroupingFrame(self, *cols)
 
     def head(self, n: int) -> Optional["pandas.DataFrame"]:
-        self.limit(n)
-        return self.toPandas()
+        return self.limit(n).toPandas()
 
     # TODO(martin.grund) fix mypu
     def join(self, other: "DataFrame", on: Any, how: Optional[str] = None) -> "DataFrame":