diff --git a/app/code/Magento/MessageQueue/Model/Cron/ConsumersRunner.php b/app/code/Magento/MessageQueue/Model/Cron/ConsumersRunner.php
index cb320e98d28c5..818da53285b63 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/MessageQueue/Model/Cron/ConsumersRunner.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/MessageQueue/Model/Cron/ConsumersRunner.php
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ public function run(): void
                     ];
 
                     if ($maxMessages) {
-                        $arguments[] =
-                            '--max-messages=' . min($consumer->getMaxMessages() ?? $maxMessages, $maxMessages);
+                        $arguments[] = '--max-messages=' . ($consumer->getMaxMessages() ?? $maxMessages);
                     }
 
                     $command = $php . ' ' . BP . '/bin/magento queue:consumers:start %s %s'
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ public function run(): void
                 ];
 
                 if ($maxMessages) {
-                    $arguments[] = '--max-messages=' . min($consumer->getMaxMessages() ?? $maxMessages, $maxMessages);
+                    $arguments[] = '--max-messages=' . ($consumer->getMaxMessages() ?? $maxMessages);
                 }
 
                 $command = $php . ' ' . BP . '/bin/magento queue:consumers:start %s %s'