diff --git a/server/rest/src/test/java/org/infinispan/rest/search/SearchCountClusteredTest.java b/server/rest/src/test/java/org/infinispan/rest/search/SearchCountClusteredTest.java
index d4d18748a409..4cd42ae63d89 100644
--- a/server/rest/src/test/java/org/infinispan/rest/search/SearchCountClusteredTest.java
+++ b/server/rest/src/test/java/org/infinispan/rest/search/SearchCountClusteredTest.java
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ private void assertTotalAndPageSize(CompletionStage<RestResponse> response, int
    }
 
    private CompletionStage<RestResponse> queryWithoutPagination(RestCacheClient client, String query) {
-      return client.query(query, -1, 0);
+      // don't do that is very inefficient (see ISPN-14194)
+      return client.query(query, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 0);
    }
 
    private CompletionStage<RestResponse> queryWithDefaultPagination(RestCacheClient client, String query) {