diff --git a/bloom.c b/bloom.c
index 2d6aef9098..db9fb82437 100644
--- a/bloom.c
+++ b/bloom.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 		diff_tree_oid(NULL, &c->object.oid, "", &diffopt);
 	diffcore_std(&diffopt);
 
-	if (diffopt.num_changes <= settings->max_changed_paths) {
+	if (diff_queued_diff.nr <= settings->max_changed_paths) {
 		struct hashmap pathmap;
 		struct pathmap_hash_entry *e;
 		struct hashmap_iter iter;
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 			diff_free_filepair(diff_queued_diff.queue[i]);
 		}
 
+		if (hashmap_get_size(&pathmap) > settings->max_changed_paths) {
+			if (computed)
+				*computed |= BLOOM_TRUNC_LARGE;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+
 		filter->len = (hashmap_get_size(&pathmap) * settings->bits_per_entry + BITS_PER_WORD - 1) / BITS_PER_WORD;
 		filter->data = xcalloc(filter->len, sizeof(unsigned char));
 
@@ -268,6 +274,7 @@ struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 			add_key_to_filter(&key, filter, settings);
 		}
 
+	cleanup:
 		hashmap_free_entries(&pathmap, struct pathmap_hash_entry, entry);
 	} else {
 		for (i = 0; i < diff_queued_diff.nr; i++)
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index e0c0af6286..1d32b71885 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -287,8 +287,6 @@ struct diff_options {
 
 	/* If non-zero, then stop computing after this many changes. */
 	int max_changes;
-	/* For internal use only. */
-	int num_changes;
 
 	int ita_invisible_in_index;
 /* white-space error highlighting */
diff --git a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
index 47ddf2641f..1ac8f4c4eb 100755
--- a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
+++ b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
@@ -181,21 +181,103 @@ test_expect_success 'persist filter settings' '
 	grep "{\"hash_version\":1,\"num_hashes\":9,\"bits_per_entry\":15" trace2-auto.txt
 '
 
+test_max_changed_paths () {
+	grep "\"max_changed_paths\":$1" $2
+}
+
+test_filter_computed () {
+	grep "\"key\":\"filter-computed\",\"value\":\"$1\"" $2
+}
+
+test_filter_trunc_large () {
+	grep "\"key\":\"filter-trunc-large\",\"value\":\"$1\"" $2
+}
+
 test_expect_success 'correctly report changes over limit' '
-	git init 513changes &&
+	git init limits &&
 	(
-		cd 513changes &&
-		for i in $(test_seq 1 513)
+		cd limits &&
+		mkdir d &&
+		mkdir d/e &&
+
+		for i in $(test_seq 1 2)
 		do
-			echo $i >file$i.txt || return 1
+			printf $i >d/file$i.txt &&
+			printf $i >d/e/file$i.txt || return 1
 		done &&
-		git add . &&
+
+		mkdir mode &&
+		printf bash >mode/script.sh &&
+
+		mkdir foo &&
+		touch foo/bar &&
+		touch foo.txt &&
+
+		git add d foo foo.txt mode &&
 		git commit -m "files" &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --changed-paths &&
-		for i in $(test_seq 1 513)
+
+		# Commit has 7 file and 4 directory adds
+		GIT_TEST_BLOOM_SETTINGS_MAX_CHANGED_PATHS=10 \
+			GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace" \
+			git commit-graph write --reachable --changed-paths &&
+		test_max_changed_paths 10 trace &&
+		test_filter_computed 1 trace &&
+		test_filter_trunc_large 1 trace &&
+
+		for path in $(git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD)
 		do
-			git -c core.commitGraph=false log -- file$i.txt >expect &&
-			git log -- file$i.txt >actual &&
+			git -c commitGraph.readChangedPaths=false log \
+				-- $path >expect &&
+			git log -- $path >actual &&
+			test_cmp expect actual || return 1
+		done &&
+
+		# Make a variety of path changes
+		printf new1 >d/e/file1.txt &&
+		printf new2 >d/file2.txt &&
+		rm d/e/file2.txt &&
+		rm -r foo &&
+		printf text >foo &&
+		mkdir f &&
+		printf new1 >f/file1.txt &&
+
+		# including a mode-only change (counts as modified)
+		git update-index --chmod=+x mode/script.sh &&
+
+		git add foo d f &&
+		git commit -m "complicated" &&
+
+		# start from scratch and rebuild
+		rm -f .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
+		GIT_TEST_BLOOM_SETTINGS_MAX_CHANGED_PATHS=10 \
+			GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace-edit" \
+			git commit-graph write --reachable --changed-paths &&
+		test_max_changed_paths 10 trace-edit &&
+		test_filter_computed 2 trace-edit &&
+		test_filter_trunc_large 2 trace-edit &&
+
+		for path in $(git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD)
+		do
+			git -c commitGraph.readChangedPaths=false log \
+				-- $path >expect &&
+			git log -- $path >actual &&
+			test_cmp expect actual || return 1
+		done &&
+
+		# start from scratch and rebuild
+		rm -f .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
+		GIT_TEST_BLOOM_SETTINGS_MAX_CHANGED_PATHS=11 \
+			GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace-update" \
+			git commit-graph write --reachable --changed-paths &&
+		test_max_changed_paths 11 trace-update &&
+		test_filter_computed 2 trace-update &&
+		test_filter_trunc_large 0 trace-update &&
+
+		for path in $(git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD)
+		do
+			git -c commitGraph.readChangedPaths=false log \
+				-- $path >expect &&
+			git log -- $path >actual &&
 			test_cmp expect actual || return 1
 		done
 	)
diff --git a/tree-diff.c b/tree-diff.c
index 6ebad1a46f..7cebbb327e 100644
--- a/tree-diff.c
+++ b/tree-diff.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static struct combine_diff_path *ll_diff_tree_paths(
 		if (diff_can_quit_early(opt))
 			break;
 
-		if (opt->max_changes && opt->num_changes > opt->max_changes)
+		if (opt->max_changes && diff_queued_diff.nr > opt->max_changes)
 			break;
 
 		if (opt->pathspec.nr) {
@@ -521,7 +521,6 @@ static struct combine_diff_path *ll_diff_tree_paths(
 
 			/* t↓ */
 			update_tree_entry(&t);
-			opt->num_changes++;
 		}
 
 		/* t > p[imin] */
@@ -539,7 +538,6 @@ static struct combine_diff_path *ll_diff_tree_paths(
 		skip_emit_tp:
 			/* ∀ pi=p[imin]  pi↓ */
 			update_tp_entries(tp, nparent);
-			opt->num_changes++;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -557,7 +555,6 @@ struct combine_diff_path *diff_tree_paths(
 	const struct object_id **parents_oid, int nparent,
 	struct strbuf *base, struct diff_options *opt)
 {
-	opt->num_changes = 0;
 	p = ll_diff_tree_paths(p, oid, parents_oid, nparent, base, opt);
 
 	/*
