diff --git a/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/BookmarksStorageSuggestionProvider.kt b/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/BookmarksStorageSuggestionProvider.kt
index 73252c1560..0544a51f59 100644
--- a/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/BookmarksStorageSuggestionProvider.kt
+++ b/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/BookmarksStorageSuggestionProvider.kt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class BookmarksStorageSuggestionProvider(
      * @param query String to filter bookmarks' title or URL by.
      */
     private suspend fun getBookmarksSuggestions(query: String) = bookmarksStorage
-        .searchBookmarks(query, BOOKMARKS_SUGGESTION_LIMIT)
+        .searchBookmarks(query, BOOKMARKS_SUGGESTION_LIMIT * BOOKMARKS_RESULTS_TO_FILTER_SCALE_FACTOR)
         .filter { it.url != null }
         .distinctBy { it.url }
         .sortedBy { it.guid }
diff --git a/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/CombinedHistorySuggestionProvider.kt b/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/CombinedHistorySuggestionProvider.kt
index 5d79e8caed..293a5cee78 100644
--- a/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/CombinedHistorySuggestionProvider.kt
+++ b/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/CombinedHistorySuggestionProvider.kt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class CombinedHistorySuggestionProvider(
      * @param query String to filter bookmarks' title or URL by.
      */
     private suspend fun getMetadataSuggestions(query: String) = historyMetadataStorage
-        .queryHistoryMetadata(query, maxNumberOfSuggestions)
+        .queryHistoryMetadata(query, maxNumberOfSuggestions * COMBINED_HISTORY_RESULTS_TO_FILTER_SCALE_FACTOR)
         .filter { it.totalViewTime > 0 }
         .into(this@CombinedHistorySuggestionProvider, icons, loadUrlUseCase, showEditSuggestion)
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class CombinedHistorySuggestionProvider(
      * @param query String to filter history entry's title or URL by.
      */
     private suspend fun getHistorySuggestions(query: String) = historyStorage
-        .getSuggestions(query, maxNumberOfSuggestions)
+        .getSuggestions(query, maxNumberOfSuggestions * COMBINED_HISTORY_RESULTS_TO_FILTER_SCALE_FACTOR)
         .sortedByDescending { it.score }
         .distinctBy { it.id }
         .into(this@CombinedHistorySuggestionProvider, icons, loadUrlUseCase, showEditSuggestion)
diff --git a/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/HistoryMetadataSuggestionProvider.kt b/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/HistoryMetadataSuggestionProvider.kt
index ad1d7590b7..512262ee9a 100644
--- a/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/HistoryMetadataSuggestionProvider.kt
+++ b/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/HistoryMetadataSuggestionProvider.kt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class HistoryMetadataSuggestionProvider(
      * @param query String to filter history entry's title or URL by.
      */
     private suspend fun getHistorySuggestions(query: String) = historyStorage
-        .queryHistoryMetadata(query, maxNumberOfSuggestions)
+        .queryHistoryMetadata(query, maxNumberOfSuggestions * HISTORY_METADATA_RESULTS_TO_FILTER_SCALE_FACTOR)
         .filter { it.totalViewTime > 0 }
 
     /**
diff --git a/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/HistoryStorageSuggestionProvider.kt b/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/HistoryStorageSuggestionProvider.kt
index e9d56bede3..c95da08651 100644
--- a/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/HistoryStorageSuggestionProvider.kt
+++ b/components/feature/awesomebar/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/awesomebar/provider/HistoryStorageSuggestionProvider.kt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class HistoryStorageSuggestionProvider(
      * @param query String to filter history entry's title or URL by.
      */
     private fun getHistorySuggestions(query: String) = historyStorage
-        .getSuggestions(query, maxNumberOfSuggestions)
+        .getSuggestions(query, maxNumberOfSuggestions * HISTORY_RESULTS_TO_FILTER_SCALE_FACTOR)
         // In case of duplicates we want to pick the suggestion with the highest score.
         // See: https://github.com/mozilla/application-services/issues/970
         .sortedByDescending { it.score }