diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/PercolatorService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/PercolatorService.java
index eeabdc7aece..d00a1b280ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/PercolatorService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/PercolatorService.java
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ public class PercolatorService extends AbstractComponent {
                         }
 
                         if (collector.exists()) {
-                            if (!context.limit) {
-                                matches.add(entry.getKey());
-                            } else if (count < context.size) {
+                            if (!context.limit || count < context.size) {
                                 matches.add(entry.getKey());
                             }
                             count++;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/QueryCollector.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/QueryCollector.java
index 034d72606ab..f983e846433 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/QueryCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/QueryCollector.java
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ abstract class QueryCollector extends Collector {
                 collector.reset();
                 searcher.search(query, collector);
                 if (collector.exists()) {
-                    if (!limit) {
-                        matches.add(id);
-                    } else if (counter < size) {
+                    if (!limit || counter < size) {
                         matches.add(id);
                     }
                     counter++;