diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
index 95f90548..daa41eff 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ public class KafkaMessageListenerContainer<K, V> // NOSONAR line count
 
 		private boolean taskSchedulerExplicitlySet;
 
-		private long lastReceive = System.currentTimeMillis();
+		private long lastReceive;
 
 		private long lastAlertAt = this.lastReceive;
 
@@ -1389,6 +1389,7 @@ public class KafkaMessageListenerContainer<K, V> // NOSONAR line count
 			initialize();
 			Throwable exitThrowable = null;
 			boolean failedAuthRetry = false;
+			this.lastReceive = System.currentTimeMillis();
 			while (isRunning()) {
 				try {
 					pollAndInvoke();