diff --git a/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.h b/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.h
index e2ad3727f9..3055474efb 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.h
+++ b/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.h
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ PUSH_WARNINGS
 DISABLE_VS_WARNINGS(4355)
 
 #define LOCALHOST_INT 2130706433
-#define CURRENCY_PROTOCOL_MAX_OBJECT_REQUEST_COUNT 500
+#define CURRENCY_PROTOCOL_MAX_OBJECT_REQUEST_COUNT 100
+static_assert(CURRENCY_PROTOCOL_MAX_OBJECT_REQUEST_COUNT >= BLOCKS_SYNCHRONIZING_DEFAULT_COUNT_PRE_V4, "Invalid CURRENCY_PROTOCOL_MAX_OBJECT_REQUEST_COUNT");
 
 namespace cryptonote
 {
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl b/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl
index 3cbfbbe85e..dd7e4d8a71 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl
+++ b/src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl
@@ -793,6 +793,12 @@ namespace cryptonote
   int t_cryptonote_protocol_handler<t_core>::handle_request_fluffy_missing_tx(int command, NOTIFY_REQUEST_FLUFFY_MISSING_TX::request& arg, cryptonote_connection_context& context)
   {
     MLOG_P2P_MESSAGE("Received NOTIFY_REQUEST_FLUFFY_MISSING_TX (" << arg.missing_tx_indices.size() << " txes), block hash " << arg.block_hash);
+    if (context.m_state == cryptonote_connection_context::state_before_handshake)
+    {
+      LOG_ERROR_CCONTEXT("Requested fluffy tx before handshake, dropping connection");
+      drop_connection(context, false, false);
+      return 1;
+    }
     
     std::vector<std::pair<cryptonote::blobdata, block>> local_blocks;
     std::vector<cryptonote::blobdata> local_txs;
@@ -884,6 +890,8 @@ namespace cryptonote
   int t_cryptonote_protocol_handler<t_core>::handle_notify_get_txpool_complement(int command, NOTIFY_GET_TXPOOL_COMPLEMENT::request& arg, cryptonote_connection_context& context)
   {
     MLOG_P2P_MESSAGE("Received NOTIFY_GET_TXPOOL_COMPLEMENT (" << arg.hashes.size() << " txes)");
+    if(context.m_state != cryptonote_connection_context::state_normal)
+      return 1;
 
     std::vector<std::pair<cryptonote::blobdata, block>> local_blocks;
     std::vector<cryptonote::blobdata> local_txs;
@@ -987,6 +995,12 @@ namespace cryptonote
   template<class t_core>
   int t_cryptonote_protocol_handler<t_core>::handle_request_get_objects(int command, NOTIFY_REQUEST_GET_OBJECTS::request& arg, cryptonote_connection_context& context)
   {
+    if (context.m_state == cryptonote_connection_context::state_before_handshake)
+    {
+      LOG_ERROR_CCONTEXT("Requested objects before handshake, dropping connection");
+      drop_connection(context, false, false);
+      return 1;
+    }
     MLOG_P2P_MESSAGE("Received NOTIFY_REQUEST_GET_OBJECTS (" << arg.blocks.size() << " blocks)");
     if (arg.blocks.size() > CURRENCY_PROTOCOL_MAX_OBJECT_REQUEST_COUNT)
       {
@@ -1717,6 +1731,12 @@ skip:
   int t_cryptonote_protocol_handler<t_core>::handle_request_chain(int command, NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN::request& arg, cryptonote_connection_context& context)
   {
     MLOG_P2P_MESSAGE("Received NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN (" << arg.block_ids.size() << " blocks");
+    if (context.m_state == cryptonote_connection_context::state_before_handshake)
+    {
+      LOG_ERROR_CCONTEXT("Requested chain before handshake, dropping connection");
+      drop_connection(context, false, false);
+      return 1;
+    }
     NOTIFY_RESPONSE_CHAIN_ENTRY::request r;
     if(!m_core.find_blockchain_supplement(arg.block_ids, !arg.prune, r))
     {