diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/Consumer.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/Consumer.java
index f5f088926a091..732a6af325b2f 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/Consumer.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/Consumer.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.api.proto.PulsarApi.CommandAck.AckType;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.api.proto.PulsarApi.CommandSubscribe.SubType;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.api.proto.PulsarApi.MessageIdData;
+import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.api.proto.PulsarApi.MessageMetadata;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.api.proto.PulsarApi.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.naming.DestinationName;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.policies.data.ConsumerStats;
@@ -185,9 +186,6 @@ public Pair<ChannelPromise, Integer> sendMessages(final List<Entry> entries) {
                     readChecksum(metadataAndPayload);
                 }
 
-                // stats
-                msgOut.recordEvent(metadataAndPayload.readableBytes());
-
                 if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     log.debug("[{}] Sending message to consumerId {}, entry id {}", subscription, consumerId,
                             pos.getEntryId());
@@ -238,6 +236,7 @@ int updatePermitsAndPendingAcks(final List<Entry> entries) throws PulsarServerEx
         int permitsToReduce = 0;
         Iterator<Entry> iter = entries.iterator();
         boolean unsupportedVersion = false;
+        long totalReadableBytes = 0;
         boolean clientSupportBatchMessages = cnx.isBatchMessageCompatibleVersion();
         while (iter.hasNext()) {
             Entry entry = iter.next();
@@ -258,6 +257,7 @@ int updatePermitsAndPendingAcks(final List<Entry> entries) throws PulsarServerEx
             if (batchSize > 1 && !clientSupportBatchMessages) {
                 unsupportedVersion = true;
             }
+            totalReadableBytes += metadataAndPayload.readableBytes();
             permitsToReduce += batchSize;
         }
         // reduce permit and increment unackedMsg count with total number of messages in batch-msgs
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ int updatePermitsAndPendingAcks(final List<Entry> entries) throws PulsarServerEx
                 log.debug("[{}] [{}] message permits dropped below 0 - {}", subscription, consumerId, permits);
             }
         }
+
+        msgOut.recordMultipleEvents(permitsToReduce, totalReadableBytes);
         return permitsToReduce;
     }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/SimpleProducerConsumerStatTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/SimpleProducerConsumerStatTest.java
index 1470b097ec271..5982483008eba 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/SimpleProducerConsumerStatTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/SimpleProducerConsumerStatTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.RateLimiter;
+import com.yahoo.pulsar.client.admin.PulsarAdminException;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.client.impl.ConsumerStats;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.client.impl.ProducerStats;
 
@@ -323,6 +327,39 @@ public void testSendTimeout(int batchMessageDelayMs) throws Exception {
         assertEquals(cStat.getTotalMsgsReceived(), cStat.getTotalAcksSent());
         log.info("-- Exiting {} test --", methodName);
     }
+    
+    public void testBatchMessagesRateOut() throws PulsarClientException, InterruptedException, PulsarAdminException {
+        log.info("-- Starting {} test --", methodName);
+        String topicName = "persistent://my-property/cluster/my-ns/testBatchMessagesRateOut";
+        double produceRate = 17;
+        int batchSize = 5;
+        ConsumerConfiguration consumerConf = new ConsumerConfiguration();
+        consumerConf.setSubscriptionType(SubscriptionType.Exclusive);
+        Consumer consumer = pulsarClient.subscribe(topicName, "my-subscriber-name", consumerConf);
+        ProducerConfiguration producerConf = new ProducerConfiguration();
+        producerConf.setBatchingMaxMessages(batchSize);
+        producerConf.setBatchingEnabled(true);
+        producerConf.setBatchingMaxPublishDelay(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+        Producer producer = pulsarClient.createProducer(topicName, producerConf);
+        AtomicBoolean runTest = new AtomicBoolean(true);
+        Thread t1 = new Thread(() -> {
+            RateLimiter r = RateLimiter.create(produceRate);
+            while (runTest.get()) {
+                r.acquire();
+                producer.sendAsync("Hello World".getBytes());
+                consumer.receiveAsync().thenAccept(message -> consumer.acknowledgeAsync(message));
+            }
+        });
+        t1.start();
+        Thread.sleep(2000); // Two seconds sleep
+        runTest.set(false);
+        pulsar.getBrokerService().updateRates();
+        double actualRate = admin.persistentTopics().getStats(topicName).msgRateOut;
+        assertTrue(actualRate > (produceRate / batchSize));
+        consumer.unsubscribe();
+        log.info("-- Exiting {} test --", methodName);
+    }
 
     public void validatingLogInfo(Consumer consumer, Producer producer, boolean verifyAckCount)
             throws InterruptedException {