diff --git a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
index 7efc0f1ac8..534f8d6071 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ public function setImageValue($search, $replace, $limit = self::MAXIMUM_REPLACEM
         // result can be verified via "Open XML SDK 2.5 Productivity Tool" (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30425)
         $imgTpl = '<w:pict><v:shape type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:{WIDTH};height:{HEIGHT}"><v:imagedata r:id="{RID}" o:title=""/></v:shape></w:pict>';
 
+        $i = 0;
         foreach ($searchParts as $partFileName => &$partContent) {
             $partVariables = $this->getVariablesForPart($partContent);
 
@@ -609,6 +610,10 @@ public function setImageValue($search, $replace, $limit = self::MAXIMUM_REPLACEM
                         // replace on each iteration, because in one tag we can have 2+ inline variables => before proceed next variable we need to change $partContent
                         $partContent = $this->setValueForPart($wholeTag, $replaceXml, $partContent, $limit);
                     }
+
+                    if (++$i >= $limit) {
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }