diff --git a/beacon-chain/sync/subscriber.go b/beacon-chain/sync/subscriber.go
index a5afa1254..794f94e0f 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/sync/subscriber.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/sync/subscriber.go
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ func (r *Service) subscribe(topic string, validator pubsub.Validator, handle sub
 				continue
 			}
 
+			if msg.ReceivedFrom == r.p2p.PeerID() {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			messageReceivedCounter.WithLabelValues(topic + r.p2p.Encoding().ProtocolSuffix()).Inc()
 
 			go pipeline(msg)