diff --git a/beacon-chain/p2p/service.go b/beacon-chain/p2p/service.go
index c04f330b5..c25ab421f 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/p2p/service.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/p2p/service.go
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Service, error) {
 		pubsub.WithMessageIdFn(msgIDFunction),
 		pubsub.WithSubscriptionFilter(s),
 		pubsub.WithPeerOutboundQueueSize(256),
+		pubsub.WithValidateQueueSize(256),
 	}
 	// Add gossip scoring options.
 	if featureconfig.Get().EnablePeerScorer {