diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
index 422ce1626233..d37c52543f14 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/soundcloud.py
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 class SoundcloudPagedPlaylistBaseIE(SoundcloudIE):
     def _extract_playlist(self, base_url, playlist_id, playlist_title):
         COMMON_QUERY = {
-            'limit': 2000000000,
+            'limit': 80000,
             'linked_partitioning': '1',
         }