diff --git a/lib/bcoin/bip151.js b/lib/bcoin/bip151.js
index 5a71ed2a..c2d29e1f 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/bip151.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/bip151.js
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ BIP151Stream.prototype.init = function init(publicKey) {
 };
 
 BIP151Stream.prototype.maybeRekey = function maybeRekey(data) {
-  var self = this;
   this.processed += data.length;
   if (this.processed >= this.highWaterMark) {
     this.processed -= this.highWaterMark;
@@ -171,7 +170,11 @@ BIP151Stream.prototype.feed = function feed(data) {
 
       this.waiting = this.decryptSize(chunk) + 16;
 
-      if (this.waiting - 32 > constants.MAX_MESSAGE) {
+      // Allow 3 batched packets of max message size.
+      // Not technically standard, but this protects us
+      // from buffering tons of data due to either an
+      // potential dos'er or a cipher state mismatch.
+      if (this.waiting - 32 > constants.MAX_MESSAGE * 3) {
         this.waiting = 0;
         this.emit('error', new Error('Packet too large.'));
         continue;