diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/src/lib.rs b/crates/transaction-pool/src/lib.rs
index 8d11d7595b14..3194ebba6f8b 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/src/lib.rs
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ where
         &self,
         max: usize,
     ) -> Vec<Arc<ValidPoolTransaction<Self::Transaction>>> {
-        self.pooled_transactions().into_iter().take(max).collect()
+        self.pool.pooled_transactions_max(max)
     }
 
     fn get_pooled_transaction_elements(
diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/mod.rs b/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/mod.rs
index 3f7ecfa7836f..8c17da783acf 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/src/pool/mod.rs
@@ -304,6 +304,14 @@ where
         self.get_pool_data().all().transactions_iter().filter(|tx| tx.propagate).collect()
     }
 
+    /// Returns only the first `max` transactions in the pool.
+    pub(crate) fn pooled_transactions_max(
+        &self,
+        max: usize,
+    ) -> Vec<Arc<ValidPoolTransaction<T::Transaction>>> {
+        self.get_pool_data().all().transactions_iter().filter(|tx| tx.propagate).take(max).collect()
+    }
+
     /// Returns the [`BlobTransaction`] for the given transaction if the sidecar exists.
     ///
     /// Caution: this assumes the given transaction is eip-4844