diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index cfc03ea..e27b1a0 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ const uint32_t arch_type = QEMU_ARCH;
 #define RAM_SAVE_FLAG_PAGE	0x08
 #define RAM_SAVE_FLAG_EOS	0x10
 
+#define MAX_SAVE_BLOCK_READ 10 * 1024 * 1024
+
 static int is_dup_page(uint8_t *page, uint8_t ch)
 {
     uint32_t val = ch << 24 | ch << 16 | ch << 8 | ch;
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ int ram_save_live(Monitor *mon, QEMUFile *f, int stage, void *opaque)
     uint64_t bytes_transferred_last;
     double bwidth = 0;
     uint64_t expected_time = 0;
+    int data_read = 0;
 
     if (stage < 0) {
         cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty_tracking(0);
@@ -205,10 +208,11 @@ int ram_save_live(Monitor *mon, QEMUFile *f, int stage, void *opaque)
     bytes_transferred_last = bytes_transferred;
     bwidth = qemu_get_clock_ns(rt_clock);
 
-    while (!qemu_file_rate_limit(f)) {
+    while (!qemu_file_rate_limit(f) && data_read < MAX_SAVE_BLOCK_READ) {
         int ret;
 
         ret = ram_save_block(f);
+        data_read += ret * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
         bytes_transferred += ret * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
         if (ret == 0) { /* no more blocks */
             break;