diff --git a/lib/platform/github/gh-got-wrapper.js b/lib/platform/github/gh-got-wrapper.js
index 72f7fd82173264c30fe82b0355aa42a2ee2af63f..ab3951483d69429e6dbc4618c425f685717257d6 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/gh-got-wrapper.js
+++ b/lib/platform/github/gh-got-wrapper.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async function get(path, opts, retries = 5) {
     if (opts && opts.paginate) {
       // Check if result is paginated
       const linkHeader = parseLinkHeader(res.headers.link);
-      if (linkHeader && linkHeader.next) {
+      if (linkHeader && linkHeader.next && res.body.length < 1000) {
         res.body = res.body.concat(
           (await get(linkHeader.next.url, opts, retries)).body
         );