diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/viu.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/viu.py
index b809d3d00..5e70ff128 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/viu.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/viu.py
@@ -320,9 +320,10 @@ class ViuOTTIE(InfoExtractor):
             if duration_limit:
                 temp = compat_urlparse.urlparse(stream_url)
                 query = dict(compat_urlparse.parse_qsl(temp.query, keep_blank_values=True))
+                time_duration = int_or_none(video_data.get('time_duration'))
                 query.update({
-                    'duration': video_data.get('time_duration', '9999999'),
-                    'duration_start': '0'
+                    'duration': time_duration if time_duration > 0 else '9999999',
+                    'duration_start': '0',
                 })
                 stream_url = temp._replace(query=compat_urlparse.urlencode(query)).geturl()