diff --git a/libr/bin/format/mach0/mach0.c b/libr/bin/format/mach0/mach0.c
index 1c498fadb7..cb19130634 100644
--- a/libr/bin/format/mach0/mach0.c
+++ b/libr/bin/format/mach0/mach0.c
@@ -3994,6 +3994,10 @@ static bool _load_relocations(struct MACH0_(obj_t) *mo) {
 		if (amount < 0) {
 			amount = 0;
 		}
+		const int bin_limit = mo->limit;
+		if (bin_limit > 0 && amount > bin_limit) {
+			amount = bin_limit;
+		}
 		for (j = 0; j < amount; j++) {
 			struct reloc_t *reloc = R_NEW0 (struct reloc_t);
 			if (!reloc) {
diff --git a/libr/bin/p/bin_mach0.c b/libr/bin/p/bin_mach0.c
index 2f100da40e..1575f7612c 100644
--- a/libr/bin/p/bin_mach0.c
+++ b/libr/bin/p/bin_mach0.c
@@ -466,13 +466,24 @@ static RList* patch_relocs(RBinFile *bf) {
 		}
 		r_pvector_push (&ext_relocs, reloc);
 	}
-	if (mo->reloc_fixups && r_list_length (mo->reloc_fixups) > 0) {
+	int relocs_count = r_list_length (mo->reloc_fixups);
+	if (mo->reloc_fixups && relocs_count > 0) {
+		ut8 buf[8], obuf[8];
 		RBinReloc *r;
 		RListIter *iter2;
 
+		int count = mo->limit;
+		if (count == 0) {
+			if (relocs_count > count) {
+				R_LOG_WARN ("mo.limit for relocs");
+			}
+			count = relocs_count;
+		}
 		r_list_foreach (mo->reloc_fixups, iter2, r) {
+			if (count-- < 0) {
+				break;
+			}
 			ut64 paddr = r->paddr + mo->baddr;
-			ut8 buf[8], obuf[8];
 			r_write_ble64 (buf, r->vaddr, false);
 			b->iob.read_at (b->iob.io, paddr, obuf, 8);
 			if (memcmp (buf, obuf, 8)) {