diff --git a/src/mcsat/bool/bool_plugin.c b/src/mcsat/bool/bool_plugin.c
index 06736418a..f37aece2a 100644
--- a/src/mcsat/bool/bool_plugin.c
+++ b/src/mcsat/bool/bool_plugin.c
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ void bool_plugin_event_notify(plugin_t* plugin, plugin_notify_kind_t kind) {
   switch (kind) {
   case MCSAT_SOLVER_START:
     // Re-initialize the heuristics
-    bp->lemmas_limit = bp->heuristic_params.lemma_limit_init;
+    bp->lemmas_limit = bp->lemmas.size + bp->heuristic_params.lemma_limit_init;
     break;
   case MCSAT_SOLVER_RESTART:
     // Check if clause compaction needed