diff --git a/sync/src/chain.rs b/sync/src/chain.rs
index fe1b559cd..14f6d6344 100644
--- a/sync/src/chain.rs
+++ b/sync/src/chain.rs
@@ -843,8 +843,8 @@ impl ChainSync {
 			self.downloading_bodies.remove(&n);
 			self.downloading_headers.remove(&n);
 		}
-		self.headers.remove_tail(&start);
-		self.bodies.remove_tail(&start);
+		self.headers.remove_from(&start);
+		self.bodies.remove_from(&start);
 	}
 
 	/// Request headers from a peer by block hash
diff --git a/sync/src/range_collection.rs b/sync/src/range_collection.rs
index dc2f4e446..9bb5cc522 100644
--- a/sync/src/range_collection.rs
+++ b/sync/src/range_collection.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ pub trait RangeCollection<K, V> {
 	fn remove_head(&mut self, start: &K);
 	/// Remove all elements >= `start` in the range that contains `start`
 	fn remove_tail(&mut self, start: &K);
+	/// Remove all elements >= `start` 
+	fn remove_from(&mut self, start: &K);
 	/// Remove all elements >= `tail`
 	fn insert_item(&mut self, key: K, value: V);
 	/// Get an iterator over ranges
@@ -137,6 +139,28 @@ impl<K, V> RangeCollection<K, V> for Vec<(K, Vec<V>)> where K: Ord + PartialEq +
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// Remove the element and all following it.
+	fn remove_from(&mut self, key: &K) {
+		match self.binary_search_by(|&(k, _)| k.cmp(key).reverse()) {
+			Ok(index) => { self.drain(.. index + 1); },
+			Err(index) =>{
+				let mut empty = false;
+				match self.get_mut(index) {
+					Some(&mut (ref k, ref mut v)) if k <= key && (*k + FromUsize::from_usize(v.len())) > *key => {
+						v.truncate((*key - *k).to_usize());
+						empty = v.is_empty();
+					}
+					_ => {}
+				}
+				if empty {
+					self.drain(.. index + 1);
+				} else {
+					self.drain(.. index);
+				}
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
 	/// Remove range elements up to key
 	fn remove_head(&mut self, key: &K) {
 		if *key == FromUsize::from_usize(0) {
@@ -272,5 +296,17 @@ fn test_range() {
 	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
 	r.remove_tail(&2);
 	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().next(), None);
+
+	let mut r = ranges.clone();
+	r.remove_from(&20);
+	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b', 'c', 'd'][..]),  (16, &['p', 'q', 'r'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
+	r.remove_from(&17);
+	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b', 'c', 'd'][..]),  (16, &['p'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
+	r.remove_from(&15);
+	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b', 'c', 'd'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
+	r.remove_from(&3);
+	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
+	r.remove_from(&2);
+	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().next(), None);
 }