diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/LoadManager.h b/src/cpp/ripple/LoadManager.h
index 25b8aa5855..dd58aa9f5d 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/LoadManager.h
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/LoadManager.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ public:
 	void setRemoteFee(uint32);
 	bool raiseLocalFee();
 	bool lowerLocalFee();
+	bool isLoaded()				{ return (raiseCount != 0) || (mLocalTxnLoadFee != lftNormalFee); }
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Peer.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Peer.cpp
index 6280675d04..1b21a83bd9 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Peer.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Peer.cpp
@@ -1858,6 +1858,11 @@ void Peer::doProofOfWork(Job&, boost::weak_ptr<Peer> peer, ProofOfWork::pointer
 
 void Peer::doFetchPack(const boost::shared_ptr<ripple::TMGetObjectByHash>& packet)
 {
+	if (theApp->getFeeTrack().isLoaded())
+	{
+		cLog(lsINFO) << "Too busy to make fetch pack";
+		return;
+	}
 	if (packet->ledgerhash().size() != 32)
 	{
 		cLog(lsWARNING) << "FetchPack hash size malformed";