diff --git a/packages/runtime/container-runtime/src/containerRuntime.ts b/packages/runtime/container-runtime/src/containerRuntime.ts
index 2d3a8a76ec54..9ff5ef278ec4 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/container-runtime/src/containerRuntime.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/container-runtime/src/containerRuntime.ts
@@ -1318,6 +1318,7 @@ export class ContainerRuntime
 	private dirtyContainer: boolean;
 	private emitDirtyDocumentEvent = true;
 	private readonly disableAttachReorder: boolean | undefined;
+	private readonly useDeltaManagerOpsProxy: boolean;
 	private readonly closeSummarizerDelayMs: number;
 	private readonly defaultTelemetrySignalSampleCount = 100;
 	private readonly _signalTracking: IPerfSignalReport = {
@@ -1622,8 +1623,8 @@ export class ContainerRuntime
 		);
 
 		let outerDeltaManager: IDeltaManager<ISequencedDocumentMessage, IDocumentMessage>;
-		const useDeltaManagerOpsProxy =
-			this.mc.config.getBoolean("Fluid.ContainerRuntime.DeltaManagerOpsProxy") !== false;
+		this.useDeltaManagerOpsProxy =
+			this.mc.config.getBoolean("Fluid.ContainerRuntime.DeltaManagerOpsProxy") === true;
 		// The summarizerDeltaManager Proxy is used to lie to the summarizer to convince it is in the right state as a summarizer client.
 		const summarizerDeltaManagerProxy = new DeltaManagerSummarizerProxy(
 			this.innerDeltaManager,
@@ -1632,7 +1633,7 @@ export class ContainerRuntime
 
 		// The DeltaManagerPendingOpsProxy is used to control the minimum sequence number
 		// It allows us to lie to the layers below so that they can maintain enough local state for rebasing ops.
-		if (useDeltaManagerOpsProxy) {
+		if (this.useDeltaManagerOpsProxy) {
 			const pendingOpsDeltaManagerProxy = new DeltaManagerPendingOpsProxy(
 				summarizerDeltaManagerProxy,
 				this.pendingStateManager,
@@ -2909,7 +2910,10 @@ export class ContainerRuntime
 		const { local, message, savedOp, localOpMetadata } = messageWithContext;
 
 		// Set the minimum sequence number to the containerRuntime's understanding of minimum sequence number.
-		if (this.deltaManager.minimumSequenceNumber < message.minimumSequenceNumber) {
+		if (
+			this.useDeltaManagerOpsProxy &&
+			this.deltaManager.minimumSequenceNumber < message.minimumSequenceNumber
+		) {
 			message.minimumSequenceNumber = this.deltaManager.minimumSequenceNumber;
 		}