diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index ed701d8ac..47318828c 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ const (
 	// iterator items per JSON-RPC response. It covers both session-based and
 	// naive iterators.
 	DefaultMaxIteratorResultItems = 100
+	// DefaultMaxFindResultItems is the default maximum number of resulting
+	// contract states items that can be retrieved by `findstates` JSON-RPC handler.
+	DefaultMaxFindResultItems = 100
 	// DefaultMaxFindStorageResultItems is the default maximum number of resulting
 	// contract storage items that can be retrieved by `findstorge` JSON-RPC handler.
 	DefaultMaxFindStorageResultItems = 50
@@ -75,7 +78,6 @@ func LoadFile(configPath string) (Config, error) {
 				PingTimeout:  90 * time.Second,
 			},
 			RPC: RPC{
-				MaxFindResultItems:        100,
 				MaxFindStorageResultItems: DefaultMaxFindStorageResultItems,
 				MaxNEP11Tokens:            100,
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
index 153458cc7..d1f1a00c5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
+++ b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
@@ -299,6 +299,10 @@ func New(chain Ledger, conf config.RPC, coreServer *network.Server,
 		conf.MaxIteratorResultItems = config.DefaultMaxIteratorResultItems
 		log.Info("MaxIteratorResultItems is not set or wrong, setting default value", zap.Int("MaxIteratorResultItems", config.DefaultMaxIteratorResultItems))
 	}
+	if conf.MaxFindResultItems <= 0 {
+		conf.MaxFindResultItems = config.DefaultMaxFindResultItems
+		log.Info("MaxFindResultItems is not set or wrong, setting default value", zap.Int("MaxFindResultItems", config.DefaultMaxFindResultItems))
+	}
 	if conf.MaxWebSocketClients == 0 {
 		conf.MaxWebSocketClients = defaultMaxWebSocketClients
 		log.Info("MaxWebSocketClients is not set or wrong, setting default value", zap.Int("MaxWebSocketClients", defaultMaxWebSocketClients))