diff -u b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php
--- b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
       return FALSE;
     }
     $this->view->setDisplay($display_name);
+    $limit = $this->view->getDisplay()->getPlugin('pager')->getItemsPerPage();
 
     // Pass options to the display handler to make them available later.
     $entity_reference_options = [