diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 01a1babc7f8e0..6ffbc5a44e3bb 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3814,8 +3814,10 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
             if ((pfrom->pfilter && pfrom->pfilter->IsRelevantAndUpdate(mempool.lookup(hash), hash)) ||
                (!pfrom->pfilter))
                 vInv.push_back(inv);
-            if (vInv.size() == MAX_INV_SZ)
-                break;
+            if (vInv.size() == MAX_INV_SZ) {
+                pfrom->PushMessage("inv", vInv);
+                vInv.clear();
+            }
         }
         if (vInv.size() > 0)
             pfrom->PushMessage("inv", vInv);