diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-wpcom-taxonomies-endpoint-handle-wp-error b/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-wpcom-taxonomies-endpoint-handle-wp-error
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d1fe2f35c215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-wpcom-taxonomies-endpoint-handle-wp-error
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: bugfix
+
+Fix taxonomies endpoint returning error when number parameter exceeds 1000.
diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/json-endpoints/class.wpcom-json-api-get-taxonomies-endpoint.php b/projects/plugins/jetpack/json-endpoints/class.wpcom-json-api-get-taxonomies-endpoint.php
index e1908bd21b2f..ed7bdbc50d98 100644
--- a/projects/plugins/jetpack/json-endpoints/class.wpcom-json-api-get-taxonomies-endpoint.php
+++ b/projects/plugins/jetpack/json-endpoints/class.wpcom-json-api-get-taxonomies-endpoint.php
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ public function callback( $path = '', $blog_id = 0 ) {
 
 		$args = $this->query_args();
 		$args = $this->process_args( $args );
+		if ( is_wp_error( $args ) ) {
+			return $args;
+		}
 
 		if ( preg_match( '#/tags#i', $path ) ) {
 			return $this->tags( $args );