diff --git a/src/node/net/p2p_connection.ml b/src/node/net/p2p_connection.ml
index 45b2b912f..6d9c64ee3 100644
--- a/src/node/net/p2p_connection.ml
+++ b/src/node/net/p2p_connection.ml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ module Reader = struct
 
   let run ?size conn encoding canceler =
     let compute_size = function
-      | Ok (size, _) -> (Sys.word_size / 8) * 11 + size
+      | Ok (size, _) -> (Sys.word_size / 8) * 11 + size + Lwt_pipe.push_overhead
       | Error _ -> 0 (* we push Error only when we close the socket,
                         we don't fear memory leaks in that case... *) in
     let size = map_option size ~f:(fun max -> (max, compute_size)) in
@@ -406,8 +406,10 @@ module Writer = struct
              sz + MBytes.length buf + 2 * Sys.word_size) 0
       in
       function
-      | buf_l, None -> Sys.word_size + buf_list_size buf_l
-      | buf_l, Some _ -> 2 * Sys.word_size + buf_list_size buf_l
+      | buf_l, None ->
+          Sys.word_size + buf_list_size buf_l + Lwt_pipe.push_overhead
+      | buf_l, Some _ ->
+          2 * Sys.word_size + buf_list_size buf_l + Lwt_pipe.push_overhead
     in
     let size = map_option size ~f:(fun max -> max, compute_size) in
     let st =
diff --git a/src/node/net/p2p_connection_pool.ml b/src/node/net/p2p_connection_pool.ml
index 48bc4fc40..aa631a80e 100644
--- a/src/node/net/p2p_connection_pool.ml
+++ b/src/node/net/p2p_connection_pool.ml
@@ -884,7 +884,8 @@ and create_connection pool p2p_conn id_point point_info peer_info _version =
   let canceler = Canceler.create () in
   let size =
     map_option pool.config.incoming_app_message_queue_size
-      ~f:(fun qs -> qs, fun (size, _) -> (Sys.word_size / 8) * 11 + size) in
+      ~f:(fun qs -> qs, fun (size, _) ->
+          (Sys.word_size / 8) * 11 + size + Lwt_pipe.push_overhead) in
   let messages = Lwt_pipe.create ?size () in
   let rec callback =
     { Answerer.message =
diff --git a/src/node/net/p2p_io_scheduler.ml b/src/node/net/p2p_io_scheduler.ml
index ee4d89c12..94832c216 100644
--- a/src/node/net/p2p_io_scheduler.ml
+++ b/src/node/net/p2p_io_scheduler.ml
@@ -339,11 +339,12 @@ let create
 exception Closed
 
 let read_size = function
-  | Ok buf -> (Sys.word_size / 8) * 8 + MBytes.length buf
+  | Ok buf -> (Sys.word_size / 8) * 8 + MBytes.length buf + Lwt_pipe.push_overhead
   | Error _ -> 0 (* we push Error only when we close the socket,
                     we don't fear memory leaks in that case... *)
 
-let write_size mbytes = (Sys.word_size / 8) * 6 + MBytes.length mbytes
+let write_size mbytes =
+  (Sys.word_size / 8) * 6 + MBytes.length mbytes + Lwt_pipe.push_overhead
 
 let register =
   let cpt = ref 0 in
diff --git a/src/utils/lwt_pipe.ml b/src/utils/lwt_pipe.ml
index 3838ec423..670b0bad3 100644
--- a/src/utils/lwt_pipe.ml
+++ b/src/utils/lwt_pipe.ml
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ type 'a t =
     empty: unit Lwt_condition.t ;
   }
 
+let push_overhead = 4 * (Sys.word_size / 8)
+
 let create ?size () =
   let max_size, compute_size =
     match size with
     | None -> max_int, (fun _ -> 0)
-    | Some (max_size, compute_size) ->
-        max_size, (fun e -> 4 * (Sys.word_size / 8) + compute_size e) in
+    | Some (max_size, compute_size) -> max_size, compute_size in
   { queue = Queue.create () ;
     current_size = 0 ;
     max_size ;
diff --git a/src/utils/lwt_pipe.mli b/src/utils/lwt_pipe.mli
index 431d939d2..7bcc7ff61 100644
--- a/src/utils/lwt_pipe.mli
+++ b/src/utils/lwt_pipe.mli
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ type 'a t
 val create : ?size:(int * ('a -> int)) -> unit -> 'a t
 (** [create ~size:(max_size, compute_size)] is an empty queue that can
     hold max [size] bytes of data, using [compute_size] to compute the
-    size of a datum. *)
+    size of a datum. If want to count allocated bytes precisely, you
+    need to add [push_overhead] to the result of[compute_size].
+    When no [size] argument is provided, the queue is unbounded. *)
 
 val push : 'a t -> 'a -> unit Lwt.t
 (** [push q v] is a thread that blocks while [q] contains more
@@ -88,3 +90,6 @@ val close : 'a t -> unit
     Thus, after a pipe has been closed, reads never block.
     Close is idempotent.
 *)
+
+val push_overhead: int
+(** The allocated size in bytes when pushing in the queue. *)