diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/node-exporter/node-exporter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/node-exporter/node-exporter.libsonnet
index 01215ef2718becd2229e5f82d16409823ebcb671..e727d1753392568e56e853a8c93f38d398ea67e9 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/node-exporter/node-exporter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/node-exporter/node-exporter.libsonnet
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
         ]) +
         container.withVolumeMounts([procVolumeMount, sysVolumeMount, rootVolumeMount]) +
         container.mixin.resources.withRequests($._config.resources['node-exporter'].requests) +
-        container.mixin.resources.withLimits($._config.resources['node-exporter'].requests);
+        container.mixin.resources.withLimits($._config.resources['node-exporter'].limits);
 
       local ip = containerEnv.fromFieldPath('IP', 'status.podIP');
       local proxy =