diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/network/ipfs_impl.go b/exchange/bitswap/network/ipfs_impl.go
index ea98cc87fbf..4415cf8cf85 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/network/ipfs_impl.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/network/ipfs_impl.go
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ func (bsnet *impl) FindProvidersAsync(ctx context.Context, k util.Key, max int)
 		defer close(out)
 		providers := bsnet.routing.FindProvidersAsync(ctx, k, max)
 		for info := range providers {
-			bsnet.host.Peerstore().AddAddresses(info.ID, info.Addrs)
+			if info.ID != bsnet.host.ID() { // dont add addrs for ourselves.
+				bsnet.host.Peerstore().AddAddresses(info.ID, info.Addrs)
+			}
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				return
diff --git a/routing/dht/handlers.go b/routing/dht/handlers.go
index 59e30d39848..28df3aea6b9 100644
--- a/routing/dht/handlers.go
+++ b/routing/dht/handlers.go
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) handleAddProvider(ctx context.Context, p peer.ID, pmes *pb.M
 		}
 
 		log.Infof("received provider %s for %s (addrs: %s)", p, key, pi.Addrs)
-		for _, maddr := range pi.Addrs {
+		if pi.ID != dht.self { // dont add own addrs.
 			// add the received addresses to our peerstore.
-			dht.peerstore.AddAddress(p, maddr)
+			dht.peerstore.AddPeerInfo(pi)
 		}
 		dht.providers.AddProvider(key, p)
 	}
diff --git a/routing/dht/query.go b/routing/dht/query.go
index 44dc499263b..6ac8fefe894 100644
--- a/routing/dht/query.go
+++ b/routing/dht/query.go
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ func (r *dhtQueryRunner) queryPeer(cg ctxgroup.ContextGroup, p peer.ID) {
 	} else if len(res.closerPeers) > 0 {
 		log.Debugf("PEERS CLOSER -- worker for: %v (%d closer peers)", p, len(res.closerPeers))
 		for _, next := range res.closerPeers {
+			if next.ID == r.query.dht.self { // dont add self.
+				log.Debugf("PEERS CLOSER -- worker for: %v found self", p)
+				continue
+			}
+
 			// add their addresses to the dialer's peerstore
 			r.query.dht.peerstore.AddPeerInfo(next)
 			r.addPeerToQuery(cg.Context(), next.ID)
diff --git a/routing/dht/routing.go b/routing/dht/routing.go
index 4a2cc351860..3c72da49495 100644
--- a/routing/dht/routing.go
+++ b/routing/dht/routing.go
@@ -223,8 +223,10 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) closerPeersSingle(ctx context.Context, key u.Key, p peer.ID)
 	var out []peer.ID
 	for _, pbp := range pmes.GetCloserPeers() {
 		pid := peer.ID(pbp.GetId())
-		dht.peerstore.AddAddresses(pid, pbp.Addresses())
-		out = append(out, pid)
+		if pid != dht.self { // dont add self
+			dht.peerstore.AddAddresses(pid, pbp.Addresses())
+			out = append(out, pid)
+		}
 	}
 	return out, nil
 }