diff --git a/pkg/network/helper_test.go b/pkg/network/helper_test.go
index d06b12847..a44ae9f00 100644
--- a/pkg/network/helper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/network/helper_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package network
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
@@ -115,17 +116,25 @@ func (p *localPeer) Disconnect(err error) {
 }
 
 func (p *localPeer) BroadcastPacket(_ context.Context, m []byte) error {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("empty msg")
+	}
 	msg := &Message{}
 	r := io.NewBinReaderFromBuf(m)
-	err := msg.Decode(r)
-	if err == nil {
-		p.messageHandler(p.t, msg)
+	for r.Len() > 0 {
+		err := msg.Decode(r)
+		if err == nil {
+			p.messageHandler(p.t, msg)
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 func (p *localPeer) EnqueueP2PMessage(msg *Message) error {
 	return p.EnqueueHPMessage(msg)
 }
+func (p *localPeer) EnqueueP2PPacket(m []byte) error {
+	return p.BroadcastPacket(context.TODO(), m)
+}
 func (p *localPeer) BroadcastHPPacket(ctx context.Context, m []byte) error {
 	return p.BroadcastPacket(ctx, m)
 }
@@ -133,6 +142,9 @@ func (p *localPeer) EnqueueHPMessage(msg *Message) error {
 	p.messageHandler(p.t, msg)
 	return nil
 }
+func (p *localPeer) EnqueueHPPacket(m []byte) error {
+	return p.BroadcastPacket(context.TODO(), m)
+}
 func (p *localPeer) Version() *payload.Version {
 	return p.version
 }
diff --git a/pkg/network/peer.go b/pkg/network/peer.go
index 9854165d5..6dfcf16e0 100644
--- a/pkg/network/peer.go
+++ b/pkg/network/peer.go
@@ -39,10 +39,16 @@ type Peer interface {
 	// (handled by BroadcastPacket) but less important than high-priority
 	// messages (handled by EnqueueHPMessage).
 	EnqueueP2PMessage(*Message) error
+	// EnqueueP2PPacket is similar to EnqueueP2PMessage, but accepts a slice of
+	// message(s) bytes.
+	EnqueueP2PPacket([]byte) error
 
 	// EnqueueHPMessage is similar to EnqueueP2PMessage, but uses a high-priority
 	// queue.
 	EnqueueHPMessage(*Message) error
+	// EnqueueHPPacket is similar to EnqueueHPMessage, but accepts a slice of
+	// message(s) bytes.
+	EnqueueHPPacket([]byte) error
 	Version() *payload.Version
 	LastBlockIndex() uint32
 	Handshaked() bool
diff --git a/pkg/network/server.go b/pkg/network/server.go
index 57aa06ffe..49bd63bc0 100644
--- a/pkg/network/server.go
+++ b/pkg/network/server.go
@@ -808,7 +808,15 @@ func (s *Server) handleMempoolCmd(p Peer) error {
 
 // handleInvCmd processes the received inventory.
 func (s *Server) handleGetDataCmd(p Peer, inv *payload.Inventory) error {
-	var notFound []util.Uint256
+	var (
+		err      error
+		notFound []util.Uint256
+		reply    = io.NewBufBinWriter()
+		send     = p.EnqueueP2PPacket
+	)
+	if inv.Type == payload.ExtensibleType {
+		send = p.EnqueueHPPacket
+	}
 	for _, hash := range inv.Hashes {
 		var msg *Message
 
@@ -839,19 +847,37 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetDataCmd(p Peer, inv *payload.Inventory) error {
 			}
 		}
 		if msg != nil {
-			var err error
-			if inv.Type == payload.ExtensibleType {
-				err = p.EnqueueHPMessage(msg)
-			} else {
-				err = p.EnqueueP2PMessage(msg)
-			}
+			err = addMessageToPacket(reply, msg, send)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	if len(notFound) != 0 {
-		return p.EnqueueP2PMessage(NewMessage(CMDNotFound, payload.NewInventory(inv.Type, notFound)))
+		err = addMessageToPacket(reply, NewMessage(CMDNotFound, payload.NewInventory(inv.Type, notFound)), send)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if reply.Len() == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return send(reply.Bytes())
+}
+
+// addMessageToPacket serializes given message into the given buffer and sends whole
+// batch if it exceeds MaxSize/2 memory limit (to prevent DoS).
+func addMessageToPacket(batch *io.BufBinWriter, msg *Message, send func([]byte) error) error {
+	err := msg.Encode(batch.BinWriter)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if batch.Len() > payload.MaxSize/2 {
+		err = send(batch.Bytes())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		batch.Reset()
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -945,6 +971,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetBlocksCmd(p Peer, gb *payload.GetBlocks) error {
 
 // handleGetBlockByIndexCmd processes the getblockbyindex request.
 func (s *Server) handleGetBlockByIndexCmd(p Peer, gbd *payload.GetBlockByIndex) error {
+	var reply = io.NewBufBinWriter()
 	count := gbd.Count
 	if gbd.Count < 0 || gbd.Count > payload.MaxHashesCount {
 		count = payload.MaxHashesCount
@@ -958,12 +985,15 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetBlockByIndexCmd(p Peer, gbd *payload.GetBlockByIndex)
 		if err != nil {
 			break
 		}
-		msg := NewMessage(CMDBlock, b)
-		if err = p.EnqueueP2PMessage(msg); err != nil {
+		err = addMessageToPacket(reply, NewMessage(CMDBlock, b), p.EnqueueP2PPacket)
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	if reply.Len() == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return p.EnqueueP2PPacket(reply.Bytes())
 }
 
 // handleGetHeadersCmd processes the getheaders request.
diff --git a/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go b/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go
index 9244716cc..392934615 100644
--- a/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go
+++ b/pkg/network/tcp_peer.go
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ func (p *TCPPeer) EnqueueHPMessage(msg *Message) error {
 	return p.putMsgIntoQueue(p.hpSendQ, msg)
 }
 
+// EnqueueP2PPacket implements the Peer interface.
+func (p *TCPPeer) EnqueueP2PPacket(b []byte) error {
+	return p.putPacketIntoQueue(context.Background(), p.p2pSendQ, b)
+}
+
+// EnqueueHPPacket implements the Peer interface.
+func (p *TCPPeer) EnqueueHPPacket(b []byte) error {
+	return p.putPacketIntoQueue(context.Background(), p.hpSendQ, b)
+}
+
 func (p *TCPPeer) writeMsg(msg *Message) error {
 	b, err := msg.Bytes()
 	if err != nil {