diff --git a/src/sas/readstat_sas7bdat_read.c b/src/sas/readstat_sas7bdat_read.c
index 9d8107d..4dc228c 100644
--- a/src/sas/readstat_sas7bdat_read.c
+++ b/src/sas/readstat_sas7bdat_read.c
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ static readstat_error_t sas7bdat_parse_all_pages_pass2(sas7bdat_ctx_t *ctx) {
             }
             goto cleanup;
         }
-        if (ctx->parsed_row_count == ctx->row_limit)
+        if (ctx->parsed_row_count == ctx->row_limit && ctx->col_names_count == ctx->column_count)
             break;
     }
 cleanup: