diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 0accd2710..086f23704 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ const (
 	// DefaultMaxFindStorageResultItems is the default maximum number of resulting
 	// contract storage items that can be retrieved by `findstorge` JSON-RPC handler.
 	DefaultMaxFindStorageResultItems = 50
+	// DefaultMaxNEP11Tokens is the default maximum number of resulting NEP11 tokens
+	// that can be traversed by `getnep11balances` JSON-RPC handler.
+	DefaultMaxNEP11Tokens = 100
 )
 
 // Version is the version of the node, set at the build time.
@@ -77,9 +80,6 @@ func LoadFile(configPath string) (Config, error) {
 				PingInterval: 30 * time.Second,
 				PingTimeout:  90 * time.Second,
 			},
-			RPC: RPC{
-				MaxNEP11Tokens: 100,
-			},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
index fa6a4af11..4e843bc25 100644
--- a/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
+++ b/pkg/services/rpcsrv/server.go
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ func New(chain Ledger, conf config.RPC, coreServer *network.Server,
 		conf.MaxFindStorageResultItems = config.DefaultMaxFindStorageResultItems
 		log.Info("MaxFindStorageResultItems is not set or wrong, setting default value", zap.Int("MaxFindStorageResultItems", config.DefaultMaxFindStorageResultItems))
 	}
+	if conf.MaxNEP11Tokens <= 0 {
+		conf.MaxNEP11Tokens = config.DefaultMaxNEP11Tokens
+		log.Info("MaxNEP11Tokens is not set or wrong, setting default value", zap.Int("MaxNEP11Tokens", config.DefaultMaxNEP11Tokens))
+	}
 	if conf.MaxWebSocketClients == 0 {
 		conf.MaxWebSocketClients = defaultMaxWebSocketClients
 		log.Info("MaxWebSocketClients is not set or wrong, setting default value", zap.Int("MaxWebSocketClients", defaultMaxWebSocketClients))