diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers.java
index 1fac0efdf32f8db10ecbd1c9d5eee3a1c730bbd0..6dc48e5566d22e4be404660ef46856974e62f917 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers.java
@@ -301,14 +301,16 @@ public class PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers extends AbstractDispatcherMul
 
             }
 
-            Set<PositionImpl> messagesToReplayNow = getMessagesToReplayNow(messagesToRead);
-
-            if (!messagesToReplayNow.isEmpty()) {
-                if (havePendingReplayRead) {
+            if (havePendingReplayRead) {
+                if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     log.debug("[{}] Skipping replay while awaiting previous read to complete", name);
-                    return;
                 }
+                return;
+            }
+
+            Set<PositionImpl> messagesToReplayNow = getMessagesToReplayNow(messagesToRead);
 
+            if (!messagesToReplayNow.isEmpty()) {
                 if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     log.debug("[{}] Schedule replay of {} messages for {} consumers", name, messagesToReplayNow.size(),
                             consumerList.size());
@@ -454,7 +456,6 @@ public class PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers extends AbstractDispatcherMul
     }
 
     protected void sendMessagesToConsumers(ReadType readType, List<Entry> entries) {
-
         if (entries == null || entries.size() == 0) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/DelayedDeliveryTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/DelayedDeliveryTest.java
index 6dab836c2b033440d08cbcb134901db22dd6cd24..3cd2e255e792052060a86d5a2558d35f45adbdf5 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/DelayedDeliveryTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/DelayedDeliveryTest.java
@@ -208,4 +208,67 @@ public class DelayedDeliveryTest extends ProducerConsumerBase {
             assertTrue(receivedMsgs.contains("msg-" + i));
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDelayedDeliveryWithMultipleConcurrentReadEntries()
+            throws Exception {
+        String topic = "persistent://public/default/testDelayedDelivery-" + System.nanoTime();
+
+        @Cleanup
+        Consumer<String> consumer = pulsarClient.newConsumer(Schema.STRING)
+                .topic(topic)
+                .subscriptionName("shared-sub")
+                .subscriptionType(SubscriptionType.Shared)
+                .receiverQueueSize(1) // Use small prefecthing to simulate the multiple read batches
+                .subscribe();
+
+        // Simulate race condition with high frequency of calls to dispatcher.readMoreEntries()
+        PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers d = (PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers) ((PersistentTopic) pulsar
+                .getBrokerService().getTopicReference(topic).get()).getSubscription("shared-sub").getDispatcher();
+        Thread t = new Thread(() -> {
+            while (true) {
+                synchronized (d) {
+                    d.readMoreEntries();
+                }
+
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(1);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        t.start();
+
+        @Cleanup
+        Producer<String> producer = pulsarClient.newProducer(Schema.STRING)
+                .topic(topic)
+                .create();
+
+        final int N = 1000;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+            producer.newMessage()
+                    .value("msg-" + i)
+                    .deliverAfter(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                    .sendAsync();
+        }
+
+        producer.flush();
+
+        Message<String> msg = consumer.receive(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        assertNull(msg);
+
+        Set<String> receivedMsgs = new TreeSet<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+            msg = consumer.receive(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            receivedMsgs.add(msg.getValue());
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(receivedMsgs.size(), N);
+        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+            assertTrue(receivedMsgs.contains("msg-" + i));
+        }
+        t.interrupt();
+    }
 }