diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/ChunkerUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/ChunkerUtil.java
index d4406f33e..1cf2680e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/ChunkerUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/ChunkerUtil.java
@@ -19,23 +19,12 @@ private ChunkerUtil() {} // no instance of this util class
 
     /**
      * Checks whether the chunking results would exceed the max chunk limit.
-     * If exceeds, then Throw IllegalStateException
+     * If exceeds, then return true
      *
      * @param chunkResultSize the size of chunking result
      * @param runtimeMaxChunkLimit runtime max_chunk_limit, used to check with chunkResultSize
-     * @param nonRuntimeMaxChunkLimit non-runtime max_chunk_limit, used to keep exception message consistent
      */
-    public static void checkRunTimeMaxChunkLimit(int chunkResultSize, int runtimeMaxChunkLimit, int nonRuntimeMaxChunkLimit) {
-        if (runtimeMaxChunkLimit != DISABLED_MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT && chunkResultSize >= runtimeMaxChunkLimit) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                String.format(
-                    Locale.ROOT,
-                    "The number of chunks produced by %s processor has exceeded the allowed maximum of [%s]. This limit can be set by changing the [%s] parameter.",
-                    TYPE,
-                    nonRuntimeMaxChunkLimit,
-                    MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT_FIELD
-                )
-            );
-        }
+    public static boolean checkRunTimeMaxChunkLimit(int chunkResultSize, int runtimeMaxChunkLimit) {
+        return runtimeMaxChunkLimit != DISABLED_MAX_CHUNK_LIMIT && chunkResultSize >= runtimeMaxChunkLimit;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunker.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunker.java
index c688af436..b9bcce8ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/DelimiterChunker.java
@@ -59,15 +59,16 @@ public List<String> chunk(final String content, final Map<String, Object> runtim
         int nextDelimiterPosition = content.indexOf(delimiter);
 
         while (nextDelimiterPosition != -1) {
-            ChunkerUtil.checkRunTimeMaxChunkLimit(chunkResult.size(), runtimeMaxChunkLimit, maxChunkLimit);
+            if (ChunkerUtil.checkRunTimeMaxChunkLimit(chunkResult.size(), runtimeMaxChunkLimit)) {
+                break;
+            }
             end = nextDelimiterPosition + delimiter.length();
             chunkResult.add(content.substring(start, end));
             start = end;
             nextDelimiterPosition = content.indexOf(delimiter, start);
         }
 
-        if (start < content.length()) {
-            ChunkerUtil.checkRunTimeMaxChunkLimit(chunkResult.size(), runtimeMaxChunkLimit, maxChunkLimit);
+        if (start < content.length() && !ChunkerUtil.checkRunTimeMaxChunkLimit(chunkResult.size(), runtimeMaxChunkLimit)) {
             chunkResult.add(content.substring(start));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/FixedTokenLengthChunker.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/FixedTokenLengthChunker.java
index cd630adf1..f3e272ab7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/FixedTokenLengthChunker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/processor/chunker/FixedTokenLengthChunker.java
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ public List<String> chunk(final String content, final Map<String, Object> runtim
         int overlapTokenNumber = (int) Math.floor(tokenLimit * overlapRate);
 
         while (startTokenIndex < tokens.size()) {
-            ChunkerUtil.checkRunTimeMaxChunkLimit(chunkResult.size(), runtimeMaxChunkLimit, maxChunkLimit);
+            if (ChunkerUtil.checkRunTimeMaxChunkLimit(chunkResult.size(), runtimeMaxChunkLimit)) {
+                break;
+            }
             if (startTokenIndex == 0) {
                 // include all characters till the start if no previous passage
                 startContentPosition = 0;