diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
index 4c8d20a7f6..a84fb895c2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
@@ -767,16 +767,6 @@ public abstract class Dialect {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Generally, if there is no limit applied to a Hibernate query we do not apply any limits
-	 * to the SQL query.  This option forces that the limit be written to the SQL query.
-	 *
-	 * @return True to force limit into SQL query even if none specified in Hibernate query; false otherwise.
-	 */
-	public boolean forceLimitUsage() {
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Does this dialect's LIMIT support (if any) additionally
 	 * support specifying an offset?
@@ -837,6 +827,16 @@ public abstract class Dialect {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generally, if there is no limit applied to a Hibernate query we do not apply any limits
+	 * to the SQL query.  This option forces that the limit be written to the SQL query.
+	 *
+	 * @return True to force limit into SQL query even if none specified in Hibernate query; false otherwise.
+	 */
+	public boolean forceLimitUsage() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Given a limit and an offset, apply the limit clause to the query.
 	 *
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ public abstract class Dialect {
 	 * @return The modified query statement with the limit applied.
 	 */
 	public String getLimitString(String query, int offset, int limit) {
-		return getLimitString( query, offset > 0 );
+		return getLimitString( query, ( offset > 0 || forceLimitUsage() )  );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/Loader.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/Loader.java
index e5111c3fee..0575743113 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/Loader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/Loader.java
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ public abstract class Loader {
 	 * LIMIT clause.
 	 */
 	private static boolean useLimit(final RowSelection selection, final Dialect dialect) {
-		return dialect.supportsLimit() && ( hasMaxRows( selection ) || dialect.forceLimitUsage() );
+		return dialect.supportsLimit() && hasMaxRows( selection );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ public abstract class Loader {
 		}
 		int firstRow = getFirstRow( selection );
 		int lastRow = getMaxOrLimit( selection, dialect );
-		boolean hasFirstRow = firstRow > 0 && dialect.supportsLimitOffset();
+		boolean hasFirstRow = dialect.supportsLimitOffset() && ( firstRow > 0 || dialect.forceLimitUsage() );
 		boolean reverse = dialect.bindLimitParametersInReverseOrder();
 		if ( hasFirstRow ) {
 			statement.setInt( index + ( reverse ? 1 : 0 ), firstRow );