diff --git a/core/src/packet.rs b/core/src/packet.rs
index 4fee75f5b..e36223712 100644
--- a/core/src/packet.rs
+++ b/core/src/packet.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use solana_metrics::inc_new_counter_debug;
 pub use solana_sdk::packet::{Meta, Packet, PACKET_DATA_SIZE};
 use std::{io::Result, net::UdpSocket, time::Instant};
 
-pub fn recv_from(obj: &mut Packets, socket: &UdpSocket) -> Result<usize> {
+pub fn recv_from(obj: &mut Packets, socket: &UdpSocket, max_wait_ms: usize) -> Result<usize> {
     let mut i = 0;
     //DOCUMENTED SIDE-EFFECT
     //Performance out of the IO without poll
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ pub fn recv_from(obj: &mut Packets, socket: &UdpSocket) -> Result<usize> {
     socket.set_nonblocking(false)?;
     trace!("receiving on {}", socket.local_addr().unwrap());
     let start = Instant::now();
-    let mut total_size = 0;
     loop {
-        obj.packets.resize(i + NUM_RCVMMSGS, Packet::default());
+        obj.packets.resize(
+            std::cmp::min(i + NUM_RCVMMSGS, PACKETS_PER_BATCH),
+            Packet::default(),
+        );
         match recv_mmsg(socket, &mut obj.packets[i..]) {
             Err(_) if i > 0 => {
                 if start.elapsed().as_millis() > 1 {
@@ -33,16 +35,15 @@ pub fn recv_from(obj: &mut Packets, socket: &UdpSocket) -> Result<usize> {
                 trace!("recv_from err {:?}", e);
                 return Err(e);
             }
-            Ok((size, npkts)) => {
+            Ok((_, npkts)) => {
                 if i == 0 {
                     socket.set_nonblocking(true)?;
                 }
                 trace!("got {} packets", npkts);
                 i += npkts;
-                total_size += size;
                 // Try to batch into big enough buffers
                 // will cause less re-shuffling later on.
-                if start.elapsed().as_millis() > 1 || total_size >= PACKETS_BATCH_SIZE {
+                if start.elapsed().as_millis() > max_wait_ms as u128 || i >= PACKETS_PER_BATCH {
                     break;
                 }
             }
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
         send_to(&p, &send_socket).unwrap();
 
-        let recvd = recv_from(&mut p, &recv_socket).unwrap();
+        let recvd = recv_from(&mut p, &recv_socket, 1).unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(recvd, p.packets.len());
 
@@ -127,4 +128,32 @@ mod tests {
         p2.data[0] = 4;
         assert!(p1 != p2);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_packet_resize() {
+        solana_logger::setup();
+        let recv_socket = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind");
+        let addr = recv_socket.local_addr().unwrap();
+        let send_socket = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind");
+        let mut p = Packets::default();
+        p.packets.resize(PACKETS_PER_BATCH, Packet::default());
+
+        // Should only get PACKETS_PER_BATCH packets per iteration even
+        // if a lot more were sent, and regardless of packet size
+        for _ in 0..2 * PACKETS_PER_BATCH {
+            let mut p = Packets::default();
+            p.packets.resize(1, Packet::default());
+            for m in p.packets.iter_mut() {
+                m.meta.set_addr(&addr);
+                m.meta.size = 1;
+            }
+            send_to(&p, &send_socket).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        let recvd = recv_from(&mut p, &recv_socket, 100).unwrap();
+
+        // Check we only got PACKETS_PER_BATCH packets
+        assert_eq!(recvd, PACKETS_PER_BATCH);
+        assert_eq!(p.packets.capacity(), PACKETS_PER_BATCH);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/retransmit_stage.rs b/core/src/retransmit_stage.rs
index b00700555..1b66b48cb 100644
--- a/core/src/retransmit_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/retransmit_stage.rs
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ mod tests {
         // it should send this over the sockets.
         retransmit_sender.send(packets).unwrap();
         let mut packets = Packets::new(vec![]);
-        packet::recv_from(&mut packets, &me_retransmit).unwrap();
+        packet::recv_from(&mut packets, &me_retransmit, 1).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(packets.packets.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(packets.packets[0].meta.repair, false);
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ mod tests {
         let packets = Packets::new(vec![repair, Packet::default()]);
         retransmit_sender.send(packets).unwrap();
         let mut packets = Packets::new(vec![]);
-        packet::recv_from(&mut packets, &me_retransmit).unwrap();
+        packet::recv_from(&mut packets, &me_retransmit, 1).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(packets.packets.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(packets.packets[0].meta.repair, false);
     }
diff --git a/core/src/streamer.rs b/core/src/streamer.rs
index 83d183f45..a929c0e3d 100644
--- a/core/src/streamer.rs
+++ b/core/src/streamer.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fn recv_loop(
             if exit.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
                 return Ok(());
             }
-            if let Ok(len) = packet::recv_from(&mut msgs, sock) {
+            if let Ok(len) = packet::recv_from(&mut msgs, sock, 1) {
                 if len == NUM_RCVMMSGS {
                     num_max_received += 1;
                 }
diff --git a/perf/src/cuda_runtime.rs b/perf/src/cuda_runtime.rs
index ac094e4f7..a4d146cd9 100644
--- a/perf/src/cuda_runtime.rs
+++ b/perf/src/cuda_runtime.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ impl<T: Clone + Default + Sized> PinnedVec<T> {
     pub fn iter_mut(&mut self) -> PinnedIterMut<T> {
         PinnedIterMut(self.x.iter_mut())
     }
+
+    pub fn capacity(&self) -> usize {
+        self.x.capacity()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: Clone + Send + Sync + Default + Sized> IntoParallelIterator for &'a PinnedVec<T> {