diff --git a/src/bank.rs b/src/bank.rs
index 25e080763f..0020dce7f8 100644
--- a/src/bank.rs
+++ b/src/bank.rs
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@ impl Bank {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
-    pub fn par_execute_entries(&self, entries: &[(&Entry, Vec<Result<()>>)]) -> Result<()> {
+
+    fn par_execute_entries(&self, entries: &[(&Entry, Vec<Result<()>>)]) -> Result<()> {
         inc_new_counter_info!("bank-par_execute_entries-count", entries.len());
         let results: Vec<Result<()>> = entries
             .into_par_iter()
diff --git a/src/fetch_stage.rs b/src/fetch_stage.rs
index 3638e0d445..76550b0e65 100644
--- a/src/fetch_stage.rs
+++ b/src/fetch_stage.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ impl FetchStage {
         let tx_sockets = sockets.into_iter().map(Arc::new).collect();
         Self::new_multi_socket(tx_sockets, exit)
     }
-    pub fn new_multi_socket(
+    fn new_multi_socket(
         sockets: Vec<Arc<UdpSocket>>,
         exit: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     ) -> (Self, PacketReceiver) {
diff --git a/src/packet.rs b/src/packet.rs
index 76d0f81384..f44235795e 100644
--- a/src/packet.rs
+++ b/src/packet.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ impl Packets {
                 Err(_) if i > 0 => {
                     inc_new_counter_info!("packets-recv_count", i);
                     debug!("got {:?} messages on {}", i, socket.local_addr().unwrap());
-                    socket.set_nonblocking(true)?;
                     return Ok(i);
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
@@ -190,10 +189,12 @@ impl Packets {
                     return Err(Error::IO(e));
                 }
                 Ok(npkts) => {
+                    if i == 0 {
+                        socket.set_nonblocking(true)?;
+                    }
                     trace!("got {} packets", npkts);
                     i += npkts;
-                    if npkts != NUM_RCVMMSGS {
-                        socket.set_nonblocking(true)?;
+                    if npkts != NUM_RCVMMSGS || i >= 1024 {
                         inc_new_counter_info!("packets-recv_count", i);
                         return Ok(i);
                     }