diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/treesitter.c b/src/nvim/lua/treesitter.c
index c186928ae2..11d30aae09 100644
--- a/src/nvim/lua/treesitter.c
+++ b/src/nvim/lua/treesitter.c
@@ -1073,6 +1073,7 @@ static int node_rawquery(lua_State *L)
   // TODO(bfredl): these are expensive allegedly,
   // use a reuse list later on?
   TSQueryCursor *cursor = ts_query_cursor_new();
+  ts_query_cursor_set_match_limit(cursor, 32);
   ts_query_cursor_exec(cursor, query, node);
 
   bool captures = lua_toboolean(L, 3);