diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
index 712a305d1c..55fdbc889a 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use MailPoet\Cron\CronHelper;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\Tasks\Mailer as MailerTask;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\Tasks\Newsletter as NewsletterTask;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\Tasks\Subscribers as SubscribersTask;
+use MailPoet\Mailer\MailerLog;
 use MailPoet\Models\SendingQueue as SendingQueueModel;
 use MailPoet\Models\StatisticsNewsletters as StatisticsNewslettersModel;
 use MailPoet\Models\Subscriber as SubscriberModel;
@@ -22,14 +23,14 @@ class SendingQueue {
     $this->mailer_task = new MailerTask();
     $this->newsletter_task = new NewsletterTask();
     $this->timer = ($timer) ? $timer : microtime(true);
-    // abort if sending limit is reached
+    // abort if execution or sending limit are reached
     CronHelper::enforceExecutionLimit($this->timer);
   }
 
   function process() {
     foreach(self::getRunningQueues() as $queue) {
       // abort if sending limit is reached
-      $this->mailer_task->enforceSendingLimit();
+      MailerLog::enforceSendingLimit();
       // get and pre-process newsletter (render, replace shortcodes/links, etc.)
       $newsletter = $this->newsletter_task->getAndPreProcess($queue->asArray());
       if(!$newsletter) {
@@ -157,16 +158,17 @@ class SendingQueue {
       );
       // log statistics
       StatisticsNewslettersModel::createMultiple($statistics);
-      // keep track of sent items
-      $this->mailer_task->updateMailerLog();
+      // update the sent count
+      $this->mailer_task->updateSentCount();
       $queue = $this->updateQueue($queue);
       // enforce sending limit if there are still subscribers left to process
       if($queue->count_to_process) {
-        $this->mailer_task->enforceSendingLimit();
+        MailerLog::enforceSendingLimit();
       }
     }
     return $queue;
   }
+
   static function getRunningQueues() {
     return SendingQueueModel::orderByDesc('priority')
       ->whereNull('deleted_at')
diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Mailer.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Mailer.php
index 45adb8dca5..c2a105166d 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Mailer.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Mailer.php
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ if(!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
 
 class Mailer {
   public $mailer;
-  public $mailer_log;
 
   function __construct() {
     $this->mailer = $this->configureMailer();
-    $this->mailer_log = $this->getMailerLog();
   }
 
   function configureMailer(array $newsletter = null) {
@@ -42,9 +40,8 @@ class Mailer {
     return MailerLog::getMailerLog();
   }
 
-  function updateMailerLog() {
-    $this->mailer_log['sent']++;
-    return MailerLog::updateMailerLog($this->mailer_log);
+  function updateSentCount() {
+    return MailerLog::incrementSentCount();
   }
 
   function getProcessingMethod() {
@@ -63,10 +60,4 @@ class Mailer {
       $prepared_subscribers
     );
   }
-
-  function enforceSendingLimit() {
-    if(MailerLog::isSendingLimitReached()) {
-      throw new \Exception(__('Sending frequency limit has been reached'));
-    }
-  }
 }
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diff --git a/lib/Mailer/MailerLog.php b/lib/Mailer/MailerLog.php
index 8a5291bffc..4e273fd524 100644
--- a/lib/Mailer/MailerLog.php
+++ b/lib/Mailer/MailerLog.php
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ class MailerLog {
   static function getMailerLog() {
     $mailer_log = Setting::getValue(self::SETTING_NAME);
     if(!$mailer_log) {
-      $mailer_log = self::createOrResetMailerLog();
+      $mailer_log = self::createMailerLog();
     }
     return $mailer_log;
   }
 
-  static function createOrResetMailerLog() {
+  static function createMailerLog() {
     $mailer_log = array(
       'sent' => 0,
       'started' => time()
@@ -25,23 +25,36 @@ class MailerLog {
     return $mailer_log;
   }
 
+  static function resetMailerLog() {
+    return self::createMailerLog();
+  }
+
   static function updateMailerLog($mailer_log) {
     Setting::setValue(self::SETTING_NAME, $mailer_log);
     return $mailer_log;
   }
 
+  static function incrementSentCount($mailer_log = false) {
+    $mailer_log = ($mailer_log) ? $mailer_log : self::getMailerLog();
+    (int)$mailer_log['sent']++;
+    return self::updateMailerLog($mailer_log);
+  }
+
   static function isSendingLimitReached() {
     $mailer_config = Mailer::getMailerConfig();
     $mailer_log = self::getMailerLog();
     $elapsed_time = time() - (int)$mailer_log['started'];
-    if($mailer_log['sent'] === $mailer_config['frequency_limit'] &&
-      $elapsed_time <= $mailer_config['frequency_interval']
-    ) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if($elapsed_time > $mailer_config['frequency_interval']) {
-      self::createOrResetMailerLog();
+    if($mailer_log['sent'] === $mailer_config['frequency_limit']) {
+      if($elapsed_time <= $mailer_config['frequency_interval']) return true;
+      // reset mailer log if enough time has passed since the limit was reached
+      self::resetMailerLog();
     }
     return false;
   }
+
+  static function enforceSendingLimit() {
+    if(self::isSendingLimitReached()) {
+      throw new \Exception(__('Sending frequency limit has been reached'));
+    }
+  }
 }
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