diff --git a/internal/blocksync/pool.go b/internal/blocksync/pool.go
index f3d4a9e0a..4c905c660 100644
--- a/internal/blocksync/pool.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/pool.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (pool *BlockPool) removeTimedoutPeers() {
 	for _, peer := range pool.peers {
 		// check if peer timed out
 		if !peer.didTimeout && peer.numPending > 0 {
-			curRate := peer.recvMonitor.Status().CurRate
+			curRate := peer.recvMonitor.CurrentTransferRate()
 			// curRate can be 0 on start
 			if curRate != 0 && curRate < minRecvRate {
 				err := errors.New("peer is not sending us data fast enough")
diff --git a/internal/libs/flowrate/flowrate.go b/internal/libs/flowrate/flowrate.go
index c2234669b..aaa54a22c 100644
--- a/internal/libs/flowrate/flowrate.go
+++ b/internal/libs/flowrate/flowrate.go
@@ -275,3 +275,15 @@ func (m *Monitor) waitNextSample(now time.Duration) time.Duration {
 	}
 	return now
 }
+
+// CurrentTransferRate returns the current transfer rate
+func (m *Monitor) CurrentTransferRate() int64 {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if m.sLast > m.start && m.active {
+		return round(m.rEMA)
+	}
+
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/internal/p2p/conn/connection.go b/internal/p2p/conn/connection.go
index 693a7ce58..4cbca7f19 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/conn/connection.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/conn/connection.go
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func (c *MConnection) sendSomePacketMsgs(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	// Block until .sendMonitor says we can write.
 	// Once we're ready we send more than we asked for,
 	// but amortized it should even out.
-	c.sendMonitor.Limit(c._maxPacketMsgSize, atomic.LoadInt64(&c.config.SendRate), true)
+	c.sendMonitor.Limit(c._maxPacketMsgSize, c.config.SendRate, true)
 
 	// Now send some PacketMsgs.
 	for i := 0; i < numBatchPacketMsgs; i++ {
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ FOR_LOOP:
 		}
 
 		// Block until .recvMonitor says we can read.
-		c.recvMonitor.Limit(c._maxPacketMsgSize, atomic.LoadInt64(&c.config.RecvRate), true)
+		c.recvMonitor.Limit(c._maxPacketMsgSize, c.config.RecvRate, true)
 
 		// Peek into bufConnReader for debugging
 		/*