diff --git a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/processor/SendMessageProcessor.java b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/processor/SendMessageProcessor.java
index 801d886c43be168a4bb37dabbf32d0900f97fe12..1b836ebf4312b418ebc7043a9071f51d5208c16d 100644
--- a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/processor/SendMessageProcessor.java
+++ b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/processor/SendMessageProcessor.java
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ public class SendMessageProcessor extends AbstractSendMessageProcessor implement
 
         int maxReconsumeTimes = subscriptionGroupConfig.getRetryMaxTimes();
         if (request.getVersion() >= MQVersion.Version.V3_4_9.ordinal()) {
-            maxReconsumeTimes = requestHeader.getMaxReconsumeTimes();
+            Integer times = requestHeader.getMaxReconsumeTimes();
+            if (times != null){
+                maxReconsumeTimes = times;
+            }
         }
 
         if (msgExt.getReconsumeTimes() >= maxReconsumeTimes