diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index e3e125b098..71b8ef4265 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -4130,10 +4130,23 @@ sub DESTROY {
 	# do not call the real DESTROY since we store ourselves in $RA
 }
 
+# get_log(paths, start, end, limit,
+#         discover_changed_paths, strict_node_history, receiver)
 sub get_log {
 	my ($self, @args) = @_;
 	my $pool = SVN::Pool->new;
-	splice(@args, 3, 1) if ($SVN::Core::VERSION le '1.2.0');
+
+	# the limit parameter was not supported in SVN 1.1.x, so we
+	# drop it.  Therefore, the receiver callback passed to it
+	# is made aware of this limitation by being wrapped if
+	# the limit passed to is being wrapped.
+	if ($SVN::Core::VERSION le '1.2.0') {
+		my $limit = splice(@args, 3, 1);
+		if ($limit > 0) {
+			my $receiver = pop @args;
+			push(@args, sub { &$receiver(@_) if (--$limit >= 0) });
+		}
+	}
 	my $ret = $self->SUPER::get_log(@args, $pool);
 	$pool->clear;
 	$ret;
diff --git a/t/t9129-git-svn-i18n-commitencoding.sh b/t/t9129-git-svn-i18n-commitencoding.sh
index 8a9dde44d5..9c7b1ad18b 100755
--- a/t/t9129-git-svn-i18n-commitencoding.sh
+++ b/t/t9129-git-svn-i18n-commitencoding.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,17 @@ compare_git_head_with () {
 }
 
 compare_svn_head_with () {
-	LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 svn log --limit 1 `git svn info --url` | \
-		sed -e 1,3d -e "/^-\{1,\}\$/d" >current &&
+	# extract just the log message and strip out committer info.
+	# don't use --limit here since svn 1.1.x doesn't have it,
+	LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 svn log `git svn info --url` | perl -w -e '
+		use bytes;
+		$/ = ("-"x72) . "\n";
+		my @x = <STDIN>;
+		@x = split(/\n/, $x[1]);
+		splice(@x, 0, 2);
+		$x[-1] = "";
+		print join("\n", @x);
+	' > current &&
 	test_cmp current "$1"
 }