diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormat.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormat.java
index 8dfa926310..d09a70014b 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormat.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/openwire/OpenWireFormat.java
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ final public class OpenWireFormat implements WireFormat {
 		if( preferedWireFormatInfo==null )
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Wireformat cannot not be renegotiated.");
 		
-		this.setVersion(Math.max(preferedWireFormatInfo.getVersion(), info.getVersion()) );
+		this.setVersion(Math.min(preferedWireFormatInfo.getVersion(), info.getVersion()) );
 		this.stackTraceEnabled = info.isStackTraceEnabled() && preferedWireFormatInfo.isStackTraceEnabled();
 		this.tcpNoDelayEnabled = info.isTcpNoDelayEnabled() && preferedWireFormatInfo.isTcpNoDelayEnabled();
 		this.cacheEnabled = info.isCacheEnabled() && preferedWireFormatInfo.isCacheEnabled();