diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQMessageConsumer.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQMessageConsumer.java
index 7e4535d6e0..6617b2baaf 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQMessageConsumer.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQMessageConsumer.java
@@ -779,7 +779,8 @@ public class ActiveMQMessageConsumer implements MessageAvailableConsumer, StatsC
             return;
         }
         if (messageExpired) {
-            ackLater(md, MessageAck.DELIVERED_ACK_TYPE);
+        	// do nothing since STANDARD_ACK will be sent
+            return;
         } else {
             stats.onMessage();
             if (session.getTransacted()) {
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ExpiredMessagesTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ExpiredMessagesTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61e3eb046f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ExpiredMessagesTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.usecases;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.management.MBeanServer;
+import javax.management.MBeanServerInvocationHandler;
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.CombinationTestSupport;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.jmx.DestinationViewMBean;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQDestination;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQQueue;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQTopic;
+
+
+
+public class ExpiredMessagesTest extends CombinationTestSupport {
+
+	BrokerService broker;
+	Connection connection;
+	Session session;
+	MessageProducer producer;
+	MessageConsumer consumer;
+	public ActiveMQDestination destination;
+	
+    public static Test suite() {
+        return suite(ExpiredMessagesTest.class);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        junit.textui.TestRunner.run(suite());
+    }
+	
+	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+		broker = new BrokerService();
+		broker.setBrokerName("localhost");
+		broker.setDataDirectory("data/");
+		broker.setUseJmx(true);
+		broker.deleteAllMessages();
+		broker.addConnector("tcp://localhost:61616");
+		broker.start();
+		broker.waitUntilStarted();
+	}
+	
+    public void initCombosForTestExpiredMessages() {
+        addCombinationValues("destination", new Object[] {new ActiveMQQueue("test"), new ActiveMQTopic("test")});
+    }
+	
+	public void testExpiredMessages() throws Exception {
+		
+		ActiveMQConnectionFactory factory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory("tcp://localhost:61616");
+		connection = factory.createConnection();
+		session = connection.createSession(false, session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+		producer = session.createProducer(destination);
+		producer.setTimeToLive(100);
+		consumer = session.createConsumer(destination);
+		connection.start();
+		
+		Thread consumerThread = new Thread("Consumer Thread") {
+			public void run() {
+				long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+				try {
+					long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+					while (end - start < 3000) {
+						consumer.receive(1000);
+						Thread.sleep(100);
+						end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+					}
+				} catch (Throwable ex) {
+					ex.printStackTrace();
+				}
+			}
+		};
+		
+        consumerThread.start();
+		
+		
+		Thread producingThread = new Thread("Producing Thread") {
+            public void run() {
+                try {
+                	int i = 0;
+                	while (i++ < 30000) {
+                		producer.send(session.createTextMessage("test"));
+                	}
+                } catch (Throwable ex) {
+                    ex.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            }
+		};
+		
+		producingThread.start();
+		
+        consumerThread.join();
+        producingThread.join();
+        
+        DestinationViewMBean view = createView(destination);
+        
+        assertTrue("Wrong inFlightCount: " + view.getInFlightCount(), (view.getDispatchCount() - view.getDequeueCount()) - view.getInFlightCount() < 5);
+	}
+	
+	protected DestinationViewMBean createView(ActiveMQDestination destination) throws Exception {
+		 MBeanServer mbeanServer = broker.getManagementContext().getMBeanServer();
+		 String domain = "org.apache.activemq";
+		 ObjectName name;
+		if (destination.isQueue()) {
+			name = new ObjectName(domain + ":BrokerName=localhost,Type=Queue,Destination=test");
+		} else {
+			name = new ObjectName(domain + ":BrokerName=localhost,Type=Topic,Destination=test");
+		}
+		return (DestinationViewMBean)MBeanServerInvocationHandler.newProxyInstance(mbeanServer, name, DestinationViewMBean.class, true);
+	}
+
+	protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
+		connection.stop();
+		broker.stop();
+		broker.waitUntilStopped();
+	}
+
+	
+
+	
+}