diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/examples/ExampleGenerator.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/examples/ExampleGenerator.java
index cfebef4eb6a2..30472ba30bb9 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/examples/ExampleGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/examples/ExampleGenerator.java
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 
 package org.openapitools.codegen.examples;
 
+import io.swagger.v3.core.util.Json;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.OpenAPI;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.ArraySchema;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.Schema;
-import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.OpenAPI;
-import io.swagger.v3.core.util.Json;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.utils.ModelUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ private Object resolvePropertyToExample(String propertyName, String mediaType, S
             Schema innerType = ((ArraySchema) property).getItems();
             if (innerType != null) {
                 int arrayLength = null == ((ArraySchema) property).getMaxItems() ? 2 : ((ArraySchema) property).getMaxItems();
+                if (arrayLength > 1024) {
+                    LOGGER.warn("The max items allowed in property {} is too large ({} items), restricting it to 1024 items", property, arrayLength);
+                    arrayLength = 1024;
+                }
                 Object[] objectProperties = new Object[arrayLength];
                 Object objProperty = resolvePropertyToExample(propertyName, mediaType, innerType, processedModels);
                 for (int i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {