diff --git a/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java b/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
index 5af129c3f..e5e92d503 100644
--- a/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
@@ -10230,7 +10230,7 @@ int localPositionalParamCount() {
                 int result = 0;
                 for (ArgSpec arg : args) {
                     if (arg.isPositional()) {
-                        result += ((PositionalParamSpec) arg).capacity().min();
+                        result += ((PositionalParamSpec) arg).capacity().max();
                     }
                 }
                 return result;