diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-layout-mixin.js b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-layout-mixin.js
index dddf5345ea4..f5340b6b8a7 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-layout-mixin.js
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/vaadin-dashboard-layout-mixin.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const DashboardLayoutMixin = (superClass) =>
           );
 
           /* Effective max column count */
-          --_vaadin-dashboard-col-max-count: var(--vaadin-dashboard-col-max-count, infinity);
+          --_vaadin-dashboard-col-max-count: var(--vaadin-dashboard-col-max-count, 9999);
 
           /* Effective column count */
           --_vaadin-dashboard-effective-col-count: min(