diff --git a/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedCursorImpl.java b/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedCursorImpl.java
index 32d46ff1c3c40..c05fd4908246a 100644
--- a/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedCursorImpl.java
+++ b/managed-ledger/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedCursorImpl.java
@@ -3811,9 +3811,11 @@ public int applyMaxSizeCap(int maxEntries, long maxSizeBytes) {
         if (maxSizeBytes == NO_MAX_SIZE_LIMIT) {
             return maxEntries;
         }
-        int maxEntriesBasedOnSize =
-                Long.valueOf(estimateEntryCountBySize(maxSizeBytes, readPosition, ledger)).intValue();
-        return Math.min(maxEntriesBasedOnSize, maxEntries);
+        long estimatedEntryCount = estimateEntryCountBySize(maxSizeBytes, readPosition, ledger);
+        if (estimatedEntryCount > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+            return maxEntries;
+        }
+        return Math.min((int) estimatedEntryCount, maxEntries);
     }
 
     static long estimateEntryCountBySize(long bytesSize, Position readPosition, ManagedLedgerImpl ml) {
diff --git a/managed-ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedCursorTest.java b/managed-ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedCursorTest.java
index 1cb09d995393c..90a5dadbef06e 100644
--- a/managed-ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedCursorTest.java
+++ b/managed-ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/mledger/impl/ManagedCursorTest.java
@@ -5246,6 +5246,16 @@ public void testEstimateEntryCountBySize() throws Exception {
         ml.delete();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testApplyMaxSizeCap() throws Exception {
+        var ml = factory.open("testApplyMaxSizeCap");
+        var cursor = ml.openCursor("c1");
+        ml.addEntry(new byte[1000]);
+        assertEquals(cursor.applyMaxSizeCap(200, Long.MAX_VALUE), 200);
+        ml.deleteCursor("c1");
+        ml.delete();
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testForceCursorRecovery() throws Exception {
         TestPulsarMockBookKeeper bk = new TestPulsarMockBookKeeper(executor);