diff --git a/src/groups/mqb/mqbblp/mqbblp_queueengineutil.cpp b/src/groups/mqb/mqbblp/mqbblp_queueengineutil.cpp
index fd8008fc0..e9ab00da5 100644
--- a/src/groups/mqb/mqbblp/mqbblp_queueengineutil.cpp
+++ b/src/groups/mqb/mqbblp/mqbblp_queueengineutil.cpp
@@ -862,7 +862,14 @@ QueueEngineUtil_AppState::QueueEngineUtil_AppState(
     d_autoSubscription.d_evaluationContext_p =
         &d_routing_sp->d_queue.d_evaluationContext;
 
-    d_throttledEarlyExits.initialize(1, 5 * bdlt::TimeUnitRatio::k_NS_PER_S);
+    const mqbcfg::AppConfig& brkrCfg = mqbcfg::BrokerConfig::get();
+    const int maxActionsPerInterval  = (brkrCfg.brokerVersion() ==
+                                       bmqp::Protocol::k_DEV_VERSION)
+                                           ? 32
+                                           : 1;
+
+    d_throttledEarlyExits.initialize(maxActionsPerInterval,
+                                     5 * bdlt::TimeUnitRatio::k_NS_PER_S);
 }
 
 QueueEngineUtil_AppState::~QueueEngineUtil_AppState()
@@ -1329,10 +1336,8 @@ Routers::Result QueueEngineUtil_AppState::selectConsumer(
     Routers::Result result = d_routing_sp->selectConsumer(visitor,
                                                           currentMessage);
     if (result == Routers::e_NO_CAPACITY_ALL) {
-        const mqbcfg::AppConfig& brkrCfg = mqbcfg::BrokerConfig::get();
-        if (brkrCfg.brokerVersion() == bmqp::Protocol::k_DEV_VERSION ||
-            d_throttledEarlyExits.requestPermission()) {
-            BALL_LOG_INFO << "Queue '" << d_queue_p->description()
+        if (d_throttledEarlyExits.requestPermission()) {
+            BALL_LOG_INFO << "[THROTTLED] Queue '" << d_queue_p->description()
                           << "', appId = '" << d_appId
                           << "' does not have any subscription "
                              "capacity; early exits delivery at "