diff --git a/internal/proxy/search_util.go b/internal/proxy/search_util.go
index 7eedc621da84..0989871cd1f1 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/search_util.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/search_util.go
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ type rankParams struct {
 
 // parseSearchInfo returns QueryInfo and offset
 func parseSearchInfo(searchParamsPair []*commonpb.KeyValuePair, schema *schemapb.CollectionSchema, ignoreOffset bool) (*planpb.QueryInfo, int64, error) {
+	//0. parse iterator field
+	isIterator, _ := funcutil.GetAttrByKeyFromRepeatedKV(IteratorField, searchParamsPair)
+
 	// 1. parse offset and real topk
 	topKStr, err := funcutil.GetAttrByKeyFromRepeatedKV(TopKKey, searchParamsPair)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -38,7 +41,13 @@ func parseSearchInfo(searchParamsPair []*commonpb.KeyValuePair, schema *schemapb
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("%s [%s] is invalid", TopKKey, topKStr)
 	}
 	if err := validateLimit(topK); err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("%s [%d] is invalid, %w", TopKKey, topK, err)
+		if isIterator == "True" {
+			topK = Params.QuotaConfig.TopKLimit.GetAsInt64()
+			//1. if the request is from iterator, we set topK to QuotaLimit as the iterator can resolve too large topK problem
+			//2. GetAsInt64 has cached inside, no need to worry about cpu cost for parsing here
+		} else {
+			return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("%s [%d] is invalid, %w", TopKKey, topK, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	var offset int64
@@ -109,8 +118,7 @@ func parseSearchInfo(searchParamsPair []*commonpb.KeyValuePair, schema *schemapb
 		}
 	}
 
-	// 6. parse iterator tag, prevent trying to groupBy when doing iteration or doing range-search
-	isIterator, _ := funcutil.GetAttrByKeyFromRepeatedKV(IteratorField, searchParamsPair)
+	// 6. disable groupBy for iterator and range search
 	if isIterator == "True" && groupByFieldId > 0 {
 		return nil, 0, merr.WrapErrParameterInvalid("", "",
 			"Not allowed to do groupBy when doing iteration")
diff --git a/internal/proxy/task_search_test.go b/internal/proxy/task_search_test.go
index ffb95290f0f2..2397c3270aad 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/task_search_test.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/task_search_test.go
@@ -2104,6 +2104,26 @@ func TestTaskSearch_parseQueryInfo(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Nil(t, info)
 		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, merr.ErrParameterInvalid)
 	})
+	t.Run("check iterator and topK", func(t *testing.T) {
+		normalParam := getValidSearchParams()
+		normalParam = append(normalParam, &commonpb.KeyValuePair{
+			Key:   IteratorField,
+			Value: "True",
+		})
+		resetSearchParamsValue(normalParam, TopKKey, `1024000`)
+		fields := make([]*schemapb.FieldSchema, 0)
+		fields = append(fields, &schemapb.FieldSchema{
+			FieldID: int64(101),
+			Name:    "string_field",
+		})
+		schema := &schemapb.CollectionSchema{
+			Fields: fields,
+		}
+		info, _, err := parseSearchInfo(normalParam, schema, false)
+		assert.NotNil(t, info)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, Params.QuotaConfig.TopKLimit.GetAsInt64(), info.Topk)
+	})
 }
 
 func getSearchResultData(nq, topk int64) *schemapb.SearchResultData {