diff --git a/plugins/filter_geoip2/geoip2.c b/plugins/filter_geoip2/geoip2.c
index 7ed39f4ca1d..fd20782124c 100644
--- a/plugins/filter_geoip2/geoip2.c
+++ b/plugins/filter_geoip2/geoip2.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static void add_geoip_fields(msgpack_object *map,
         pos = strstr(record->val, "}");
         memset(key, '\0', sizeof(key));
         strncpy(key, record->val + 2, pos - (record->val + 2));
-        split = flb_utils_split(key, '.', 2);
+        split = flb_utils_split(key, '.', 8);
         split_size = mk_list_size(split);
         path = flb_malloc(sizeof(char *) * (split_size + 1));
         i = 0;