src/nnn.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index b31418cf5e62d024b20de50412d8429c90f6bb98..fdc4c3aa9cc7669cb095df0d652b2d43ce1987d4 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -2915,7 +2915,7 @@ 			++maxitems;
 		++nextkey;
 	}
 
-	if (!maxitems)
+	if (!maxitems || maxitems > 100)
 		return FALSE;
 
 	*arr = calloc(maxitems, sizeof(kv));