diff --git a/util/src/network/discovery.rs b/util/src/network/discovery.rs
index a381b49f8..6fda99cdb 100644
--- a/util/src/network/discovery.rs
+++ b/util/src/network/discovery.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::collections::{HashSet, HashMap, BTreeMap, VecDeque};
 use std::mem;
-use std::cmp;
 use std::default::Default;
 use mio::*;
 use mio::udp::*;
@@ -407,27 +406,34 @@ impl Discovery {
 		let target: NodeId = try!(rlp.val_at(0));
 		let timestamp: u64 = try!(rlp.val_at(1));
 		try!(self.check_timestamp(timestamp));
-		let limit = (MAX_DATAGRAM_SIZE - 109) / 90;
 		let nearest = Discovery::nearest_node_entries(&target, &self.node_buckets);
 		if nearest.is_empty() {
 			return Ok(None);
 		}
-		let mut rlp = RlpStream::new_list(1);
-		rlp.begin_list(cmp::min(limit, nearest.len()));
-		for n in 0 .. nearest.len() {
-			rlp.begin_list(4);
-			nearest[n].endpoint.to_rlp(&mut rlp);
-			rlp.append(&nearest[n].id);
-			if (n + 1) % limit == 0 || n == nearest.len() - 1 {
-				self.send_packet(PACKET_NEIGHBOURS, &from, &rlp.drain());
-				trace!(target: "discovery", "Sent {} Neighbours to {:?}", n, &from);
-				rlp = RlpStream::new_list(1);
-				rlp.begin_list(cmp::min(limit, nearest.len() - n));
-			}
+		let mut packets = Discovery::prepare_neighbours_packets(&nearest);
+		for p in packets.drain(..) {
+			self.send_packet(PACKET_NEIGHBOURS, &from, &p);
 		}
+		trace!(target: "discovery", "Sent {} Neighbours to {:?}", nearest.len(), &from);
 		Ok(None)
 	}
 
+	fn prepare_neighbours_packets(nearest: &[NodeEntry]) -> Vec<Bytes> {
+		let limit = (MAX_DATAGRAM_SIZE - 109) / 90;
+		let chunks = nearest.chunks(limit);
+		let packets = chunks.map(|c| {
+			let mut rlp = RlpStream::new_list(1);
+			rlp.begin_list(c.len());
+			for n in 0 .. c.len() {
+				rlp.begin_list(4);
+				c[n].endpoint.to_rlp(&mut rlp);
+				rlp.append(&c[n].id);
+			}
+			rlp.out()
+		});
+		packets.collect()
+	}
+
 	fn on_neighbours(&mut self, rlp: &UntrustedRlp, _node: &NodeId, from: &SocketAddr) -> Result<Option<TableUpdates>, NetworkError> {
 		// TODO: validate packet
 		let mut added = HashMap::new();
@@ -506,6 +512,24 @@ mod tests {
 	use crypto::KeyPair;
 	use std::str::FromStr;
 	use rustc_serialize::hex::FromHex;
+	use rlp::*;
+
+	#[test]
+	fn find_node() {
+		let mut nearest = Vec::new();
+		let node = Node::from_str("enode://a979fb575495b8d6db44f750317d0f4622bf4c2aa3365d6af7c284339968eef29b69ad0dce72a4d8db5ebb4968de0e3bec910127f134779fbcb0cb6d3331163c@127.0.0.1:7770").unwrap();
+		for _ in 0..1000 {
+			nearest.push( NodeEntry { id: node.id.clone(), endpoint: node.endpoint.clone() });
+		}
+
+		let packets = Discovery::prepare_neighbours_packets(&nearest);
+		assert_eq!(packets.len(), 77);
+		for p in &packets[0..76] {
+			assert!(p.len() > 1280/2);
+			assert!(p.len() <= 1280);
+		}
+		assert!(packets.last().unwrap().len() > 0);
+	}
 
 	#[test]
 	fn discovery() {