diff --git a/internal/proxy/task_query.go b/internal/proxy/task_query.go
index d20295f7a9..578fd2947f 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/task_query.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/task_query.go
@@ -139,11 +139,6 @@ func parseQueryParams(queryParamsPair []*commonpb.KeyValuePair) (*queryParams, e
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s [%s] is invalid", LimitKey, limitStr)
 	}
-	if limit != 0 {
-		if err := validateTopKLimit(limit); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s [%d] is invalid, %w", LimitKey, limit, err)
-		}
-	}
 
 	offsetStr, err := funcutil.GetAttrByKeyFromRepeatedKV(OffsetKey, queryParamsPair)
 	// if offset is provided
@@ -152,16 +147,11 @@ func parseQueryParams(queryParamsPair []*commonpb.KeyValuePair) (*queryParams, e
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s [%s] is invalid", OffsetKey, offsetStr)
 		}
-
-		if offset != 0 {
-			if err := validateTopKLimit(offset); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s [%d] is invalid, %w", OffsetKey, offset, err)
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
-	if err = validateTopKLimit(limit + offset); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid limit[%d] + offset[%d], %w", limit, offset, err)
+	// validate max result window.
+	if err = validateMaxQueryResultWindow(offset, limit); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid max query result window, %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return &queryParams{
diff --git a/internal/proxy/util.go b/internal/proxy/util.go
index 3dd3c2ab55..420d9b226b 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/util.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/util.go
@@ -82,9 +82,24 @@ func isNumber(c uint8) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func validateTopKLimit(limit int64) error {
-	if limit <= 0 || limit > Params.QuotaConfig.TopKLimit {
-		return fmt.Errorf("should be in range [1, %d], but got %d", Params.QuotaConfig.TopKLimit, limit)
+func validateMaxQueryResultWindow(offset int64, limit int64) error {
+	if offset < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s [%d] is invalid, should be gte than 0", OffsetKey, offset)
+	}
+	if limit <= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s [%d] is invalid, should be greater than 0", LimitKey, limit)
+	}
+
+	depth := offset + limit
+	if depth <= 0 || depth > Params.QuotaConfig.MaxQueryResultWindow {
+		return fmt.Errorf("(offset+limit) should be in range [1, %d], but got %d", Params.QuotaConfig.MaxQueryResultWindow, depth)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func validateTopKLimit(topK int64) error {
+	if topK <= 0 || topK > Params.QuotaConfig.TopKLimit {
+		return fmt.Errorf("top k should be in range [1, %d], but got %d", Params.QuotaConfig.TopKLimit, topK)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/proxy/util_test.go b/internal/proxy/util_test.go
index cc71bf84da..89bec2b021 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/util_test.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/util_test.go
@@ -1058,3 +1058,12 @@ func Test_TopKLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, validateTopKLimit(16385))
 	assert.Error(t, validateTopKLimit(0))
 }
+
+func Test_MaxQueryResultWindow(t *testing.T) {
+	Params.InitOnce()
+	assert.Nil(t, validateMaxQueryResultWindow(0, 16384))
+	assert.Nil(t, validateMaxQueryResultWindow(0, 1))
+	assert.Error(t, validateMaxQueryResultWindow(0, 16385))
+	assert.Error(t, validateMaxQueryResultWindow(0, 0))
+	assert.Error(t, validateMaxQueryResultWindow(1, 0))
+}
diff --git a/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param.go b/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param.go
index 98d2196393..08d6ac30d7 100644
--- a/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param.go
+++ b/internal/util/paramtable/quota_param.go
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ type quotaConfig struct {
 	// limits
 	MaxCollectionNum      int
 	MaxCollectionNumPerDB int
+	// Query limit, which applies on:
+	// maximum of offset + limit
+	MaxQueryResultWindow int64
 	// Search limit, which applies on:
 	// maximum # of results to return (topK), and
 	// maximum # of search requests (nq).
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ func (p *quotaConfig) init(base *BaseTable) {
 	// limits
 	p.initMaxCollectionNum()
 	p.initMaxCollectionNumPerDB()
+	p.initMaxQueryResultWindow()
 	p.initTopKLimit()
 	p.initNQLimit()
 
@@ -622,6 +626,10 @@ func (p *quotaConfig) initMaxCollectionNumPerDB() {
 	p.MaxCollectionNumPerDB = p.Base.ParseIntWithDefault("quotaAndLimits.limits.maxCollectionNumPerDB", 65536)
 }
 
+func (p *quotaConfig) initMaxQueryResultWindow() {
+	p.MaxQueryResultWindow = p.Base.ParseInt64WithDefault("quotaAndLimits.limits.maxQueryResultWindow", 16384)
+}
+
 func (p *quotaConfig) initTopKLimit() {
 	p.TopKLimit = p.Base.ParseInt64WithDefault("quotaAndLimits.limits.topK", 16384)
 }