diff --git a/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/unifiedstore.go b/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/unifiedstore.go
index 193167358ed..7d893355903 100644
--- a/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/unifiedstore.go
+++ b/pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/unifiedstore.go
@@ -321,7 +321,9 @@ func (ss *FolderUnifiedStoreImpl) GetHeight(ctx context.Context, foldrUID string
 // The full path UIDs of B is "uid1/uid2".
 // The full path UIDs of A is "uid1".
 func (ss *FolderUnifiedStoreImpl) GetFolders(ctx context.Context, q folder.GetFoldersFromStoreQuery) ([]*folder.Folder, error) {
-	opts := v1.ListOptions{}
+	opts := v1.ListOptions{
+		Limit: folderSearchLimit,
+	}
 	if q.WithFullpath || q.WithFullpathUIDs {
 		// only supported in modes 0-2, to keep the alerting queries from causing tons of get folder requests
 		// to retrieve the parent for all folders in grafana