diff --git a/frappe/model/base_document.py b/frappe/model/base_document.py
index b47752c563..26a4658c36 100644
--- a/frappe/model/base_document.py
+++ b/frappe/model/base_document.py
@@ -1010,15 +1010,12 @@ def _filter(data, filters, limit=None):
 			_filters[f] = fval
 
 	for d in data:
-		add = True
 		for f, fval in _filters.items():
 			if not frappe.compare(getattr(d, f, None), fval[0], fval[1]):
-				add = False
 				break
-
-		if add:
+		else:
 			out.append(d)
-			if limit and (len(out)-1)==limit:
+			if limit and len(out) >= limit:
 				break
 
 	return out
diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_document.py b/frappe/tests/test_document.py
index 29cec8b230..34a1dd070c 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_document.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_document.py
@@ -252,3 +252,8 @@ class TestDocument(unittest.TestCase):
 			'currency': 100000
 		})
 		self.assertEquals(d.get_formatted('currency', currency='INR', format="#,###.##"), '₹ 100,000.00')
+
+	def test_limit_for_get(self):
+		doc = frappe.get_doc("DocType", "DocType")
+		# assuming DocType has more that 3 Data fields
+		self.assertEquals(len(doc.get("fields", filters={"fieldtype": "Data"}, limit=3)), 3)
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