diff --git a/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c b/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
index 588d21574b6d4c07b746ee487b0449c705186298..60707f22e297e3cd253d88cc9bed962dd36dacd1 100644
--- a/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
+++ b/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ static error_t parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state) {
       break;
     case 'N':
       arguments->data_batch = atoi(arg);
+      if (arguments->data_batch >= INT16_MAX) {
+        arguments->data_batch = INT16_MAX - 1;
+      } 
       break;
     case 'L': 
     {