diff --git a/dlt/extract/resource.py b/dlt/extract/resource.py
index e0fa40bc21..ac7339ec7c 100644
--- a/dlt/extract/resource.py
+++ b/dlt/extract/resource.py
@@ -306,22 +306,26 @@ def add_limit(self, max_items: int) -> "DltResource":  # noqa: A003
 
         def _gen_wrap(gen: TPipeStep) -> TPipeStep:
             """Wrap a generator to take the first `max_items` records"""
-            nonlocal max_items
             count = 0
+            is_async_gen = False
             if inspect.isfunction(gen):
                 gen = gen()
 
             # wrap async gen already here
             if isinstance(gen, AsyncIterator):
                 gen = wrap_async_iterator(gen)
+                is_async_gen = True
 
             try:
                 for i in gen:  # type: ignore # TODO: help me fix this later
                     yield i
                     if i is not None:
                         count += 1
-                    if count == max_items:
-                        return
+                        # async gen yields awaitable so we must count one awaitable more
+                        # so the previous one is evaluated and yielded.
+                        # new awaitable will be cancelled
+                        if count == max_items + int(is_async_gen):
+                            return
             finally:
                 if inspect.isgenerator(gen):
                     gen.close()