diff --git a/src/mdbx.c b/src/mdbx.c
index 143a4e57..95ed2c6c 100644
--- a/src/mdbx.c
+++ b/src/mdbx.c
@@ -13498,7 +13498,7 @@ __cold intptr_t mdbx_limits_dbsize_max(intptr_t pagesize) {
 
   const uint64_t limit = MAX_PAGENO * (uint64_t)pagesize;
   return (limit < (intptr_t)MAX_MAPSIZE) ? (intptr_t)limit
-                                         : (intptr_t)MAX_PAGESIZE;
+                                         : (intptr_t)MAX_MAPSIZE;
 }
 
 __cold intptr_t mdbx_limits_txnsize_max(intptr_t pagesize) {