diff --git a/internal/entity/models/jina.go b/internal/entity/models/jina.go
index 663797c0a6..a55b5c61a2 100644
--- a/internal/entity/models/jina.go
+++ b/internal/entity/models/jina.go
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ func (j *JinaModel) Rerank(ctx context.Context, modelName *string, query string,
 	}
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", resolvedBaseURL, j.baseModel.URLSuffix.Rerank)
 
-	var topN = rerankConfig.TopN
-	if rerankConfig.TopN != 0 {
+	topN := len(documents)
+	if rerankConfig != nil && rerankConfig.TopN > 0 && rerankConfig.TopN < topN {
 		topN = rerankConfig.TopN
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/entity/models/jina_test.go b/internal/entity/models/jina_test.go
index c34f9a93ed..3dd4418b08 100644
--- a/internal/entity/models/jina_test.go
+++ b/internal/entity/models/jina_test.go
@@ -254,3 +254,28 @@ func TestJinaChatFallsBackToDefaultOnEmptyRegion(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("empty Region: expected fallback to default, got %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJinaRerankDefaultsTopNToDocumentCount(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newJinaServer(t, "/rerank", func(t *testing.T, body map[string]interface{}, w http.ResponseWriter) {
+		if body["top_n"] != float64(2) {
+			t.Errorf("top_n=%v, want 2", body["top_n"])
+		}
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"results":[]}`))
+	})
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	apiKey := "test-key"
+	modelName := "jina-reranker-v3"
+	_, err := newJinaForTest(srv.URL).Rerank(
+		t.Context(),
+		&modelName,
+		"weather",
+		[]string{"sunny", "rainy"},
+		&APIConfig{ApiKey: &apiKey},
+		&RerankConfig{},
+		nil,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Rerank: %v", err)
+	}
+}