diff --git a/gcloud-java-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/AckDeadlineRenewer.java b/gcloud-java-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/AckDeadlineRenewer.java
index ec400a7cc116..797b61b1c3c8 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/AckDeadlineRenewer.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-pubsub/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/AckDeadlineRenewer.java
@@ -172,8 +172,19 @@ private void unsetAndScheduleNextRenewal() {
   private void scheduleNextRenewal() {
     // Schedules next renewal if there are still messages to process and no renewals scheduled that
     // could handle them, otherwise does nothing
+    Message nextMessage;
+    synchronized (lock) {
+      Message peek = messageQueue.peek();
+      // We remove from the queue messages that were removed from the ack deadline renewer (and
+      // possibly re-added)
+      while (peek != null && (!messageDeadlines.containsKey(peek.messageId())
+          || messageDeadlines.get(peek.messageId()) > peek.expectedDeadline())) {
+        messageQueue.poll();
+        peek = messageQueue.peek();
+      }
+      nextMessage = peek;
+    }
     synchronized (futureLock) {
-      Message nextMessage = messageQueue.peek();
       if (renewerFuture == null && nextMessage != null) {
         long delay =
             (nextMessage.expectedDeadline() - clock.millis()) - NEXT_RENEWAL_THRESHOLD_MILLIS;