diff --git a/ddtrace/contrib/internal/kafka/patch.py b/ddtrace/contrib/internal/kafka/patch.py
index dff5853c599..07a70448498 100644
--- a/ddtrace/contrib/internal/kafka/patch.py
+++ b/ddtrace/contrib/internal/kafka/patch.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def _instrument_message(messages, pin, start_ns, instance, err):
                 cluster_id = _get_cluster_id(instance, str(first_message.topic()))
                 core.set_item("kafka_cluster_id", cluster_id)
                 core.set_item("kafka_topic", str(first_message.topic()))
-                core.dispatch("kafka.consume.start", (instance, first_message, span))
+                core.dispatch("kafka.consume.start", (instance, message, span))
 
         span.set_tag_str(MESSAGING_SYSTEM, kafkax.SERVICE)
         span.set_tag_str(COMPONENT, config.kafka.integration_name)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-kafka-consume-dispatch-48cd5912b1282ab9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-kafka-consume-dispatch-48cd5912b1282ab9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d303c04b9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-kafka-consume-dispatch-48cd5912b1282ab9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    kafka: This fix resolves an issue where only the first message in a batch was dispatched to Data Streams Monitoring (DSM) when consuming multiple Kafka messages