diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
index 8bcc098bbb620cf2cd242396b5bf92c98646014a..fad3b39f81413eaaa057cbc0dd7514cb9a2b565e 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class HiveContext(sc: SparkContext) extends SQLContext(sc) {
    */
   protected[sql] def runSqlHive(sql: String): Seq[String] = {
     val maxResults = 100000
-    val results = runHive(sql, 100000)
+    val results = runHive(sql, maxResults)
     // It is very confusing when you only get back some of the results...
     if (results.size == maxResults) sys.error("RESULTS POSSIBLY TRUNCATED")
     results