diff --git a/gossip/src/crds_gossip_push.rs b/gossip/src/crds_gossip_push.rs
index f525baa051dea6..49f04f6cd30d3a 100644
--- a/gossip/src/crds_gossip_push.rs
+++ b/gossip/src/crds_gossip_push.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ use {
         push_active_set::PushActiveSet,
         received_cache::ReceivedCache,
     },
-    bincode::serialized_size,
     itertools::Itertools,
     solana_sdk::{
-        packet::PACKET_DATA_SIZE,
         pubkey::Pubkey,
         signature::{Keypair, Signer},
         timing::timestamp,
@@ -53,8 +51,6 @@ const CRDS_GOSSIP_PRUNE_MIN_INGRESS_NODES: usize = 2;
 const CRDS_GOSSIP_PUSH_ACTIVE_SET_SIZE: usize = CRDS_GOSSIP_PUSH_FANOUT + 3;
 
 pub struct CrdsGossipPush {
-    /// Max bytes per message
-    max_bytes: usize,
     /// Active set of validators for push
     active_set: RwLock<PushActiveSet>,
     /// Cursor into the crds table for values to push.
@@ -74,8 +70,6 @@ pub struct CrdsGossipPush {
 impl Default for CrdsGossipPush {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            // Allow upto 64 Crds Values per PUSH
-            max_bytes: PACKET_DATA_SIZE * 64,
             active_set: RwLock::default(),
             crds_cursor: Mutex::default(),
             received_cache: Mutex::new(ReceivedCache::new(2 * CRDS_UNIQUE_PUBKEY_CAPACITY)),
@@ -180,10 +174,10 @@ impl CrdsGossipPush {
         usize, // number of values
         usize, // number of push messages
     ) {
+        const MAX_NUM_PUSHES: usize = 1 << 12;
         let active_set = self.active_set.read().unwrap();
         let mut num_pushes = 0;
         let mut num_values = 0;
-        let mut total_bytes: usize = 0;
         let mut push_messages: HashMap<Pubkey, Vec<CrdsValue>> = HashMap::new();
         let wallclock_window = self.wallclock_window(now);
         let mut crds_cursor = self.crds_cursor.lock().unwrap();
@@ -193,12 +187,7 @@ impl CrdsGossipPush {
             .get_entries(crds_cursor.deref_mut())
             .map(|entry| &entry.value)
             .filter(|value| wallclock_window.contains(&value.wallclock()));
-        for value in entries {
-            let serialized_size = serialized_size(&value).unwrap();
-            total_bytes = total_bytes.saturating_add(serialized_size as usize);
-            if total_bytes > self.max_bytes {
-                break;
-            }
+        'outer: for value in entries {
             num_values += 1;
             let origin = value.pubkey();
             let nodes = active_set.get_nodes(
@@ -210,6 +199,9 @@ impl CrdsGossipPush {
             for node in nodes.take(self.push_fanout) {
                 push_messages.entry(*node).or_default().push(value.clone());
                 num_pushes += 1;
+                if num_pushes >= MAX_NUM_PUSHES {
+                    break 'outer;
+                }
             }
         }
         drop(crds);