diff --git a/packages/framework/fluid-static/src/rootDataObject.ts b/packages/framework/fluid-static/src/rootDataObject.ts
index 48cf884c1009..2edaa0cc38b2 100644
--- a/packages/framework/fluid-static/src/rootDataObject.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/fluid-static/src/rootDataObject.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "@fluidframework/aqueduct";
 import { IContainerRuntime } from "@fluidframework/container-runtime-definitions";
 import { IFluidLoadable } from "@fluidframework/core-interfaces";
+import { FlushMode } from "@fluidframework/runtime-definitions";
 import { requestFluidObject } from "@fluidframework/runtime-utils";
 import {
     ContainerSchema,
@@ -156,7 +157,14 @@ export class DOProviderContainerRuntimeFactory extends BaseContainerRuntimeFacto
                 {},
                 registryEntries,
             );
-        super([rootDataObjectFactory.registryEntry], undefined, [defaultRouteRequestHandler(rootDataStoreId)]);
+        super(
+            [rootDataObjectFactory.registryEntry],
+            undefined,
+            [defaultRouteRequestHandler(rootDataStoreId)],
+            // temporary workaround to disable message batching until the message batch size issue is resolved
+            // resolution progress is tracked by the Feature 465 work item in AzDO
+            { flushMode: FlushMode.Immediate },
+        );
         this.rootDataObjectFactory = rootDataObjectFactory;
         this.initialObjects = schema.initialObjects;
     }
diff --git a/packages/test/test-end-to-end-tests/src/test/messageSize.spec.ts b/packages/test/test-end-to-end-tests/src/test/messageSize.spec.ts
index cd05902ccbf8..96bda6727eff 100644
--- a/packages/test/test-end-to-end-tests/src/test/messageSize.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/test/test-end-to-end-tests/src/test/messageSize.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { describeNoCompat, itExpects } from "@fluidframework/test-version-utils"
 import { IContainer, IErrorBase } from "@fluidframework/container-definitions";
 import { ConfigTypes, IConfigProviderBase, TelemetryDataTag } from "@fluidframework/telemetry-utils";
 import { GenericError } from "@fluidframework/container-utils";
+import { FlushMode } from "@fluidframework/runtime-definitions";
 
 describeNoCompat("Message size", (getTestObjectProvider) => {
     const mapId = "mapId";
@@ -144,4 +145,18 @@ describeNoCompat("Message size", (getTestObjectProvider) => {
 
         assertMapValues(dataObject2map, messageCount, largeString);
     });
+
+    it("Batched small ops pass when batch is larger than max op size", async function() {
+        // flush mode is not applicable for the local driver
+        if (provider.driver.type === "local") {
+            this.skip();
+        }
+        await setupContainers({ ...testContainerConfig, runtimeOptions: { flushMode: FlushMode.Immediate } }, {});
+        const largeString = generateStringOfSize(500000);
+        const messageCount = 10;
+        setMapKeys(dataObject1map, messageCount, largeString);
+        await provider.ensureSynchronized();
+
+        assertMapValues(dataObject2map, messageCount, largeString);
+    });
 });