diff --git a/rest_framework/pagination.py b/rest_framework/pagination.py
index b6be6b7cc..5938063af 100644
--- a/rest_framework/pagination.py
+++ b/rest_framework/pagination.py
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ class LimitOffsetPagination(BasePagination):
             return None
 
         url = self.request.build_absolute_uri()
+        url = replace_query_param(url, self.limit_query_param, self.limit)
+
         offset = self.offset + self.limit
         return replace_query_param(url, self.offset_query_param, offset)
 
@@ -439,6 +441,7 @@ class LimitOffsetPagination(BasePagination):
             return None
 
         url = self.request.build_absolute_uri()
+        url = replace_query_param(url, self.limit_query_param, self.limit)
 
         if self.offset - self.limit <= 0:
             return remove_query_param(url, self.offset_query_param)
diff --git a/tests/test_pagination.py b/tests/test_pagination.py
index 6b39a6f22..c67550c85 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagination.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagination.py
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ class TestLimitOffset:
     def setup(self):
         class ExamplePagination(pagination.LimitOffsetPagination):
             default_limit = 10
+            max_limit = 15
+
         self.pagination = ExamplePagination()
         self.queryset = range(1, 101)
 
@@ -442,7 +444,31 @@ class TestLimitOffset:
         """
         request = Request(factory.get('/', {'limit': 'invalid', 'offset': 0}))
         queryset = self.paginate_queryset(request)
+        content = self.get_paginated_content(queryset)
+        next_limit = self.pagination.default_limit
+        next_offset = self.pagination.default_limit
+        next_url = 'http://testserver/?limit={0}&offset={1}'.format(next_limit, next_offset)
         assert queryset == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
+        assert content.get('next') == next_url
+
+    def test_max_limit(self):
+        """
+        The limit defaults to the max_limit when there is a max_limit and the
+        requested limit is greater than the max_limit
+        """
+        offset = 50
+        request = Request(factory.get('/', {'limit': '11235', 'offset': offset}))
+        queryset = self.paginate_queryset(request)
+        content = self.get_paginated_content(queryset)
+        max_limit = self.pagination.max_limit
+        next_offset = offset + max_limit
+        prev_offset = offset - max_limit
+        base_url = 'http://testserver/?limit={0}'.format(max_limit)
+        next_url = base_url + '&offset={0}'.format(next_offset)
+        prev_url = base_url + '&offset={0}'.format(prev_offset)
+        assert queryset == list(range(51, 66))
+        assert content.get('next') == next_url
+        assert content.get('previous') == prev_url
 
 
 class TestCursorPagination: