diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
index 8d1da0a4acf..4036e86053d 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
@@ -6348,7 +6348,7 @@ next:
       string marker;
       do {
         entries.clear();
-        ret = reshard.list(i, marker, max_entries, entries, &is_truncated);
+        ret = reshard.list(i, marker, max_entries - count, entries, &is_truncated);
         if (ret < 0) {
           cerr << "Error listing resharding buckets: " << cpp_strerror(-ret) << std::endl;
           return ret;