diff --git a/beacon-chain/sync/rpc_blob_sidecars_by_range.go b/beacon-chain/sync/rpc_blob_sidecars_by_range.go
index 16fcd964319d..fdae419beb47 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/sync/rpc_blob_sidecars_by_range.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/sync/rpc_blob_sidecars_by_range.go
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ import (
 	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
 )
 
-func (s *Service) streamBlobBatch(ctx context.Context, batch blockBatch, stream libp2pcore.Stream) (uint64, error) {
+func (s *Service) streamBlobBatch(ctx context.Context, batch blockBatch, wQuota uint64, stream libp2pcore.Stream) (uint64, error) {
+	// Defensive check to guard against underflow.
+	if wQuota == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
 	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "sync.streamBlobBatch")
 	defer span.End()
-	var writes uint64
 	for _, b := range batch.canonical() {
 		root := b.Root()
 		scs, err := s.cfg.beaconDB.BlobSidecarsByRoot(ctx, b.Root())
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ func (s *Service) streamBlobBatch(ctx context.Context, batch blockBatch, stream
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			s.writeErrorResponseToStream(responseCodeServerError, p2ptypes.ErrGeneric.Error(), stream)
-			return writes, errors.Wrapf(err, "could not retrieve sidecars for block root %#x", root)
+			return wQuota, errors.Wrapf(err, "could not retrieve sidecars for block root %#x", root)
 		}
 		for _, sc := range scs {
 			SetStreamWriteDeadline(stream, defaultWriteDuration)
@@ -39,17 +42,22 @@ func (s *Service) streamBlobBatch(ctx context.Context, batch blockBatch, stream
 				log.WithError(chunkErr).Debug("Could not send a chunked response")
 				s.writeErrorResponseToStream(responseCodeServerError, p2ptypes.ErrGeneric.Error(), stream)
 				tracing.AnnotateError(span, chunkErr)
-				return writes, chunkErr
+				return wQuota, chunkErr
 			}
 			s.rateLimiter.add(stream, 1)
-			writes += 1
+			wQuota -= 1
+			// Stop streaming results once the quota of writes for the request is consumed.
+			if wQuota == 0 {
+				return 0, nil
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	return writes, nil
+	return wQuota, nil
 }
 
 // blobsSidecarsByRangeRPCHandler looks up the request blobs from the database from a given start slot index
 func (s *Service) blobSidecarsByRangeRPCHandler(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}, stream libp2pcore.Stream) error {
+	var err error
 	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "sync.BlobsSidecarsByRangeHandler")
 	defer span.End()
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, respTimeout)
@@ -78,17 +86,16 @@ func (s *Service) blobSidecarsByRangeRPCHandler(ctx context.Context, msg interfa
 	batcher, err := newBlockRangeBatcher(rp, s.cfg.beaconDB, s.rateLimiter, s.cfg.chain.IsCanonical, ticker)
 
 	var batch blockBatch
-	var totalWrites uint64
+	wQuota := params.BeaconNetworkConfig().MaxRequestBlobsSidecars
 	for batch, ok = batcher.next(ctx, stream); ok; batch, ok = batcher.next(ctx, stream) {
 		batchStart := time.Now()
-		writes, err := s.streamBlobBatch(ctx, batch, stream)
+		wQuota, err = s.streamBlobBatch(ctx, batch, wQuota, stream)
 		rpcBlobsByRangeResponseLatency.Observe(float64(time.Since(batchStart).Milliseconds()))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		totalWrites += writes
 		// once we have written MAX_REQUEST_BLOB_SIDECARS, we're done serving the request
-		if totalWrites >= params.BeaconNetworkConfig().MaxRequestBlobsSidecars {
+		if wQuota == 0 {
 			break
 		}
 	}