diff --git a/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go b/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
index 53a1c6f7670a..38f5b3b652cf 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type UDPv5 struct {
 	callCh        chan *callV5
 	callDoneCh    chan *callV5
 	respTimeoutCh chan *callTimeout
+	unhandled     chan<- ReadPacket
 
 	// state of dispatch
 	codec            codecV5
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ func newUDPv5(conn UDPConn, ln *enode.LocalNode, cfg Config) (*UDPv5, error) {
 		callCh:        make(chan *callV5),
 		callDoneCh:    make(chan *callV5),
 		respTimeoutCh: make(chan *callTimeout),
+		unhandled:     cfg.Unhandled,
 		// state of dispatch
 		codec:            v5wire.NewCodec(ln, cfg.PrivateKey, cfg.Clock, cfg.V5ProtocolID),
 		activeCallByNode: make(map[enode.ID]*callV5),
@@ -657,6 +659,14 @@ func (t *UDPv5) handlePacket(rawpacket []byte, fromAddr *net.UDPAddr) error {
 	addr := fromAddr.String()
 	fromID, fromNode, packet, err := t.codec.Decode(rawpacket, addr)
 	if err != nil {
+		if t.unhandled != nil && v5wire.IsInvalidHeader(err) {
+			// The packet seems unrelated to discv5, send it to the next protocol.
+			// t.log.Trace("Unhandled discv5 packet", "id", fromID, "addr", addr, "err", err)
+			up := ReadPacket{Data: make([]byte, len(rawpacket)), Addr: fromAddr}
+			copy(up.Data, rawpacket)
+			t.unhandled <- up
+			return nil
+		}
 		t.log.Debug("Bad discv5 packet", "id", fromID, "addr", addr, "err", err)
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding.go b/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding.go
index d979ab0f9cd8..5108910620e0 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v5wire/encoding.go
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ const (
 	// Should reject packets smaller than minPacketSize.
 	minPacketSize = 63
 
+	maxPacketSize = 1280
+
 	minMessageSize      = 48 // this refers to data after static headers
 	randomPacketMsgSize = 20
 )
@@ -122,6 +124,13 @@ var (
 	ErrInvalidReqID = errors.New("request ID larger than 8 bytes")
 )
 
+// IsInvalidHeader reports whether 'err' is related to an invalid packet header. When it
+// returns false, it is pretty certain that the packet causing the error does not belong
+// to discv5.
+func IsInvalidHeader(err error) bool {
+	return err == errTooShort || err == errInvalidHeader || err == errMsgTooShort
+}
+
 // Packet sizes.
 var (
 	sizeofStaticHeader      = binary.Size(StaticHeader{})
@@ -147,6 +156,7 @@ type Codec struct {
 	msgctbuf []byte       // message data ciphertext
 
 	// decoder buffer
+	decbuf []byte
 	reader bytes.Reader
 }
 
@@ -158,6 +168,7 @@ func NewCodec(ln *enode.LocalNode, key *ecdsa.PrivateKey, clock mclock.Clock, pr
 		privkey:    key,
 		sc:         NewSessionCache(1024, clock),
 		protocolID: DefaultProtocolID,
+		decbuf:     make([]byte, maxPacketSize),
 	}
 	if protocolID != nil {
 		c.protocolID = *protocolID
@@ -424,10 +435,13 @@ func (c *Codec) encryptMessage(s *session, p Packet, head *Header, headerData []
 }
 
 // Decode decodes a discovery packet.
-func (c *Codec) Decode(input []byte, addr string) (src enode.ID, n *enode.Node, p Packet, err error) {
-	if len(input) < minPacketSize {
+func (c *Codec) Decode(inputData []byte, addr string) (src enode.ID, n *enode.Node, p Packet, err error) {
+	if len(inputData) < minPacketSize {
 		return enode.ID{}, nil, nil, errTooShort
 	}
+	// Copy the packet to a tmp buffer to avoid modifying it.
+	c.decbuf = append(c.decbuf[:0], inputData...)
+	input := c.decbuf
 	// Unmask the static header.
 	var head Header
 	copy(head.IV[:], input[:sizeofMaskingIV])