diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/ConsoleSectionOutput.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/ConsoleSectionOutput.php
index 3f3f1434be46c..3d499bbcc9e37 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/ConsoleSectionOutput.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/ConsoleSectionOutput.php
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ public function __construct($stream, array &$sections, int $verbosity, bool $dec
     public function setMaxHeight(int $maxHeight): void
     {
         // when changing max height, clear output of current section and redraw again with the new height
-        $existingContent = $this->popStreamContentUntilCurrentSection($this->maxHeight ? min($this->maxHeight, $this->lines) : $this->lines);
-
+        $previousMaxHeight = $this->maxHeight;
         $this->maxHeight = $maxHeight;
+        $existingContent = $this->popStreamContentUntilCurrentSection($previousMaxHeight ? min($previousMaxHeight, $this->lines) : $this->lines);
 
         parent::doWrite($this->getVisibleContent(), false);
         parent::doWrite($existingContent, false);
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ private function popStreamContentUntilCurrentSection(int $numberOfLinesToClearFr
                 break;
             }
 
-            $numberOfLinesToClear += $section->lines;
+            $numberOfLinesToClear += $section->maxHeight ? min($section->lines, $section->maxHeight) : $section->lines;
             if ('' !== $sectionContent = $section->getVisibleContent()) {
                 if (!str_ends_with($sectionContent, \PHP_EOL)) {
                     $sectionContent .= \PHP_EOL;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Output/ConsoleSectionOutputTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Output/ConsoleSectionOutputTest.php
index 984ade26608a7..0a775fd68e4f9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Output/ConsoleSectionOutputTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Output/ConsoleSectionOutputTest.php
@@ -133,6 +133,40 @@ public function testMaxHeight()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, stream_get_contents($output->getStream()));
     }
 
+    public function testMaxHeightMultipleSections()
+    {
+        $expected = '';
+        $sections = [];
+
+        $firstSection = new ConsoleSectionOutput($this->stream, $sections, OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_NORMAL, true, new OutputFormatter());
+        $firstSection->setMaxHeight(3);
+
+        $secondSection = new ConsoleSectionOutput($this->stream, $sections, OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_NORMAL, true, new OutputFormatter());
+        $secondSection->setMaxHeight(3);
+
+        // fill the first section
+        $firstSection->writeln(['One', 'Two', 'Three']);
+        $expected .= 'One'.\PHP_EOL.'Two'.\PHP_EOL.'Three'.\PHP_EOL;
+
+        // fill the second section
+        $secondSection->writeln(['One', 'Two', 'Three']);
+        $expected .= 'One'.\PHP_EOL.'Two'.\PHP_EOL.'Three'.\PHP_EOL;
+
+        // cause overflow of second section (redraw whole section, without first line)
+        $secondSection->writeln('Four');
+        $expected .= "\x1b[3A\x1b[0J";
+        $expected .= 'Two'.\PHP_EOL.'Three'.\PHP_EOL.'Four'.\PHP_EOL;
+
+        // cause overflow of first section (redraw whole section, without first line)
+        $firstSection->writeln("Four\nFive\nSix");
+        $expected .= "\x1b[6A\x1b[0J";
+        $expected .= 'Four'.\PHP_EOL.'Five'.\PHP_EOL.'Six'.\PHP_EOL;
+        $expected .= 'Two'.\PHP_EOL.'Three'.\PHP_EOL.'Four'.\PHP_EOL;
+
+        rewind($this->stream);
+        $this->assertEquals(escapeshellcmd($expected), escapeshellcmd(stream_get_contents($this->stream)));
+    }
+
     public function testMaxHeightWithoutNewLine()
     {
         $expected = '';