diff --git a/source/adios2/toolkit/sst/dp/rdma_dp.c b/source/adios2/toolkit/sst/dp/rdma_dp.c
index 1b74d41ebf..944e9df558 100644
--- a/source/adios2/toolkit/sst/dp/rdma_dp.c
+++ b/source/adios2/toolkit/sst/dp/rdma_dp.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #define DP_AV_DEF_SIZE 512
 #define REQ_LIST_GRAN 8
 #define DP_DATA_RECV_SIZE 64
+#define DP_PENDING_READ_LIMIT 1024
 
 static pthread_mutex_t fabric_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 pthread_mutex_t wsr_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
@@ -1059,6 +1060,8 @@ static void LogRequest(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream RS_Stream, int Rank,
     LogEntry->Handle.Block = NULL;
 }
 
+static int WaitForAnyPull(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream Stream);
+
 static ssize_t PostRead(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream RS_Stream, int Rank,
                         long Timestep, size_t Offset, size_t Length,
                         void *Buffer, RdmaBufferHandle Info,
@@ -1075,6 +1078,11 @@ static ssize_t PostRead(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream RS_Stream, int Rank,
     ret = *ret_v;
     ret->Pending = 1;
 
+    while (RS_Stream->PendingReads > DP_PENDING_READ_LIMIT)
+    {
+        WaitForAnyPull(Svcs, RS_Stream);
+    }
+
     if (Fabric->local_mr_req)
     {
         // register dest buffer
@@ -1305,6 +1313,7 @@ static int DoPushWait(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream Stream,
                 {
                 }
                 pthread_mutex_unlock(&ts_mutex);
+                Stream->PendingReads--;
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1320,6 +1329,7 @@ static int DoPushWait(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream Stream,
                           CQEntry.op_context);
             Handle_t = (RdmaCompletionHandle)CQEntry.op_context;
             Handle_t->Pending--;
+            Stream->PendingReads--;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1331,40 +1341,47 @@ static int DoPushWait(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream Stream,
     return (1);
 }
 
-static int DoPullWait(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream Stream,
-                      RdmaCompletionHandle Handle)
+static int WaitForAnyPull(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream Stream)
 {
     FabricState Fabric = Stream->Fabric;
     RdmaCompletionHandle Handle_t;
     struct fi_cq_data_entry CQEntry = {0};
 
-    while (Handle->Pending > 0)
+    ssize_t rc;
+    rc = fi_cq_sread(Fabric->cq_signal, (void *)(&CQEntry), 1, NULL, -1);
+    if (rc < 1)
     {
-        ssize_t rc;
-        rc = fi_cq_sread(Fabric->cq_signal, (void *)(&CQEntry), 1, NULL, -1);
-        if (rc < 1)
-        {
-            Svcs->verbose(Stream->CP_Stream, DPCriticalVerbose,
-                          "failure while waiting for completions (%d).\n", rc);
-            return 0;
-        }
-        else
+        Svcs->verbose(Stream->CP_Stream, DPCriticalVerbose,
+                      "failure while waiting for completions (%d).\n", rc);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        Svcs->verbose(
+            Stream->CP_Stream, DPTraceVerbose,
+            "got completion for request with handle %p (flags %li).\n",
+            CQEntry.op_context, CQEntry.flags);
+        Handle_t = (RdmaCompletionHandle)CQEntry.op_context;
+        Handle_t->Pending--;
+        Stream->PendingReads--;
+
+        // TODO: maybe reuse this memory registration
+        if (Fabric->local_mr_req)
         {
-            Svcs->verbose(
-                Stream->CP_Stream, DPTraceVerbose,
-                "got completion for request with handle %p (flags %li).\n",
-                CQEntry.op_context, CQEntry.flags);
-            Handle_t = (RdmaCompletionHandle)CQEntry.op_context;
-            Handle_t->Pending--;
+            fi_close((struct fid *)Handle_t->LocalMR);
         }
     }
+    return 1;
+}
 
-    // TODO: maybe reuse this memory registration
-    if (Fabric->local_mr_req)
+static int DoPullWait(CP_Services Svcs, Rdma_RS_Stream Stream,
+                      RdmaCompletionHandle Handle)
+{
+    while (Handle->Pending > 0)
     {
-        fi_close((struct fid *)Handle->LocalMR);
+        if (WaitForAnyPull(Svcs, Stream) == 0)
+            return 0;
     }
-
     return (1);
 }