diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-task-plugin/dolphinscheduler-task-sql/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/plugin/task/sql/SqlTask.java b/dolphinscheduler-task-plugin/dolphinscheduler-task-sql/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/plugin/task/sql/SqlTask.java
index 77886db59c..acadd98975 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-task-plugin/dolphinscheduler-task-sql/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/plugin/task/sql/SqlTask.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-task-plugin/dolphinscheduler-task-sql/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/plugin/task/sql/SqlTask.java
@@ -248,25 +248,17 @@ public class SqlTask extends AbstractTask {
             ResultSetMetaData md = resultSet.getMetaData();
             int num = md.getColumnCount();
 
-            int rowCount = 0;
-            int limit = sqlParameters.getLimit() == 0 ? QUERY_LIMIT : sqlParameters.getLimit();
-
             while (resultSet.next()) {
-                if (rowCount == limit) {
-                    log.info("sql result limit : {} exceeding results are filtered", limit);
-                    break;
-                }
                 ObjectNode mapOfColValues = JSONUtils.createObjectNode();
                 for (int i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
                     mapOfColValues.set(md.getColumnLabel(i), JSONUtils.toJsonNode(resultSet.getObject(i)));
                 }
                 resultJSONArray.add(mapOfColValues);
-                rowCount++;
             }
 
             int displayRows = sqlParameters.getDisplayRows() > 0 ? sqlParameters.getDisplayRows()
                     : TaskConstants.DEFAULT_DISPLAY_ROWS;
-            displayRows = Math.min(displayRows, rowCount);
+            displayRows = Math.min(displayRows, resultJSONArray.size());
             log.info("display sql result {} rows as follows:", displayRows);
             for (int i = 0; i < displayRows; i++) {
                 String row = JSONUtils.toJsonString(resultJSONArray.get(i));
@@ -383,6 +375,7 @@ public class SqlTask extends AbstractTask {
      */
     private PreparedStatement prepareStatementAndBind(Connection connection, SqlBinds sqlBinds) {
         // is the timeout set
+        // todo: we need control the timeout at master side.
         boolean timeoutFlag = taskExecutionContext.getTaskTimeoutStrategy() == TaskTimeoutStrategy.FAILED
                 || taskExecutionContext.getTaskTimeoutStrategy() == TaskTimeoutStrategy.WARNFAILED;
         try {
@@ -390,6 +383,7 @@ public class SqlTask extends AbstractTask {
             if (timeoutFlag) {
                 stmt.setQueryTimeout(taskExecutionContext.getTaskTimeout());
             }
+            stmt.setMaxRows(sqlParameters.getLimit() <= 0 ? QUERY_LIMIT : sqlParameters.getLimit());
             Map<Integer, Property> params = sqlBinds.getParamsMap();
             if (params != null) {
                 for (Map.Entry<Integer, Property> entry : params.entrySet()) {