diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/llms/utils.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/llms/utils.py
index 32fdb52eb3..b69c759eea 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/llms/utils.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/llms/utils.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ from typing import List
 
 def enforce_stop_tokens(text: str, stop: List[str]) -> str:
     """Cut off the text as soon as any stop words occur."""
-    return re.split("|".join(stop), text)[0]
+    return re.split("|".join(stop), text, maxsplit=1)[0]