diff --git a/pkg/cmd/release/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/release/list/list.go
index 8971005629a..28e8c93a0db 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/release/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/release/list/list.go
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 			// support `-R, --repo` override
 			opts.BaseRepo = f.BaseRepo
 
+			if opts.LimitResults < 1 {
+				return cmdutil.FlagErrorf("invalid limit: %v", opts.LimitResults)
+			}
+
 			if runF != nil {
 				return runF(opts)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/release/list/list_test.go b/pkg/cmd/release/list/list_test.go
index e1eb6ca32ef..c29161d9d7a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/release/list/list_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/release/list/list_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func Test_NewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Order:              "desc",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:    "zero limit",
+			args:    "--limit 0",
+			wantErr: "invalid limit: 0",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "with order",
 			args: "--order asc",