diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/grid.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/grid.js
index 132827b782..10f2c27adc 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/grid.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/grid.js
@@ -1112,6 +1112,9 @@ export default class Grid {
 							var data = frappe.utils.csv_to_array(
 								frappe.utils.get_decoded_string(file.dataurl)
 							);
+							if (cint(data.length) - 7 > 5000) {
+								frappe.throw(__("Cannot import table with more than 5000 rows."));
+							}
 							// row #2 contains fieldnames;
 							var fieldnames = data[2];
 							me.frm.clear_table(me.df.fieldname);