diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java
index 9ece9ea6697c880d24075c7f6e0f5d7772a8978a..603f4e149c274b42088161d23a6030785871f7f4 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java
@@ -372,12 +372,18 @@ public class ProducerImpl<T> extends ProducerBase<T> implements TimerTask, Conne
                     ByteBuf encryptedPayload = encryptMessage(msgMetadataBuilder, compressedPayload);
 
                     MessageMetadata msgMetadata = msgMetadataBuilder.build();
-                    ByteBufPair cmd = sendMessage(producerId, sequenceId, 1, msgMetadata, encryptedPayload);
+
+                    // When publishing during replication, we need to set the correct number of message in batch
+                    // This is only used in tracking the publish rate stats
+                    int numMessages = msg.getMessageBuilder().hasNumMessagesInBatch()
+                            ? msg.getMessageBuilder().getNumMessagesInBatch()
+                            : 1;
+                    ByteBufPair cmd = sendMessage(producerId, sequenceId, numMessages, msgMetadata, encryptedPayload);
                     msgMetadataBuilder.recycle();
                     msgMetadata.recycle();
 
                     final OpSendMsg op = OpSendMsg.create(msg, cmd, sequenceId, callback);
-                    op.setNumMessagesInBatch(1);
+                    op.setNumMessagesInBatch(numMessages);
                     op.setBatchSizeByte(encryptedPayload.readableBytes());
                     pendingMessages.put(op);
                     lastSendFuture = callback.getFuture();