diff --git a/LibOS/shim/src/sys/shim_getrlimit.c b/LibOS/shim/src/sys/shim_getrlimit.c
index 792ce337..0869c64e 100644
--- a/LibOS/shim/src/sys/shim_getrlimit.c
+++ b/LibOS/shim/src/sys/shim_getrlimit.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int shim_do_getrlimit (int resource, struct __kernel_rlimit * rlim)
 
         case RLIMIT_DATA:
             rlim->rlim_cur = brk_max_size;
-            rlim->rlim_max = brk_max_size;
+            rlim->rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
             return 0;
 
         default: