diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
index dfad8d1bfb..77b8984b52 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ use MailPoetVendor\Carbon\Carbon;
 class SendingQueue {
   public $mailerTask;
   public $newsletterTask;
-  public $batchSize;
   const TASK_BATCH_SIZE = 5;
   const EMAIL_WITH_INVALID_SEGMENT_OPTION = 'mailpoet_email_with_invalid_segment';
 
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ class SendingQueue {
     $this->segmentsRepository = $segmentsRepository;
     $this->mailerMetaInfo = new MetaInfo;
     $this->wp = $wp;
-    $this->batchSize = $this->throttlingHandler->getBatchSize();
     $this->loggerFactory = $loggerFactory;
     $this->newslettersRepository = $newslettersRepository;
     $this->cronHelper = $cronHelper;
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ class SendingQueue {
       }
 
       // get subscribers
-      $subscriberBatches = new BatchIterator($queue->taskId, $this->batchSize);
+      $subscriberBatches = new BatchIterator($queue->taskId, $this->getBatchSize());
       foreach ($subscriberBatches as $subscribersToProcessIds) {
         $this->loggerFactory->getLogger(LoggerFactory::TOPIC_NEWSLETTERS)->addInfo(
           'subscriber batch processing',
@@ -210,6 +208,10 @@ class SendingQueue {
     }
   }
 
+  public function getBatchSize(): int {
+    return $this->throttlingHandler->getBatchSize();
+  }
+
   public function processQueue($queue, $newsletter, $subscribers, $timer) {
     // determine if processing is done in bulk or individually
     $processingMethod = $this->mailerTask->getProcessingMethod();
diff --git a/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php b/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
index f33012b1f0..6588ce73b6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueueTest.php
@@ -155,11 +155,14 @@ class SendingQueueTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   }
 
   public function testItConstructs() {
-    expect($this->sendingQueueWorker->batchSize)->equals(SendingThrottlingHandler::BATCH_SIZE);
     expect($this->sendingQueueWorker->mailerTask instanceof MailerTask);
     expect($this->sendingQueueWorker->newsletterTask instanceof NewsletterTask);
   }
 
+  public function testItReturnsCorrectBatchSize(): void {
+    expect($this->sendingQueueWorker->getBatchSize())->equals(SendingThrottlingHandler::BATCH_SIZE);
+  }
+
   public function testItEnforcesExecutionLimitsBeforeQueueProcessing() {
     $sendingQueueWorker = Stub::make($this->getSendingQueueWorker(
       Stub::makeEmpty(NewslettersRepository::class)),
@@ -861,7 +864,7 @@ class SendingQueueTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     $wp = new WPFunctions;
     $wp->addFilter('mailpoet_cron_worker_sending_queue_batch_size', $filter);
     $sendingQueueWorker = $this->getSendingQueueWorker(Stub::makeEmpty(NewslettersRepository::class));
-    expect($sendingQueueWorker->batchSize)->equals($customBatchSizeValue);
+    expect($sendingQueueWorker->getBatchSize())->equals($customBatchSizeValue);
     $wp->removeFilter('mailpoet_cron_worker_sending_queue_batch_size', $filter);
   }