diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManager.java b/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManager.java
index bce929e23a7..5d3a664054a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManager.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManager.java
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ public class DataFrameTransformsConfigManager {
         SearchRequest searchRequest = client.prepareSearch(DataFrameInternalIndex.INDEX_NAME)
                 .addSort(DataFrameField.ID.getPreferredName(), SortOrder.ASC)
                 .setQuery(builder)
+                .setSize(Math.min(transformIds.size(), 10_000))
                 .request();
 
         executeAsyncWithOrigin(client.threadPool().getThreadContext(), DATA_FRAME_ORIGIN, searchRequest,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManagerTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManagerTests.java
index eef5ce099b5..e7485e02e5b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManagerTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/persistence/DataFrameTransformsConfigManagerTests.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public class DataFrameTransformsConfigManagerTests extends DataFrameSingleNodeTe
     }
 
     public void testGetStateAndStatsMultiple() throws InterruptedException {
-        int numStats = randomInt(5);
+        int numStats = randomIntBetween(10, 15);
         List<DataFrameTransformStateAndStats> expectedStats = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int i=0; i<numStats; i++) {
             DataFrameTransformStateAndStats stat =