diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage.rs b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
index 7108fa89901a5a..c8369cc9b38e9b 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub const FORWARD_TRANSACTIONS_TO_LEADER_AT_SLOT_OFFSET: u64 = 2;
 // Fixed thread size seems to be fastest on GCP setup
 pub const NUM_THREADS: u32 = 4;
 
-const TOTAL_BUFFERED_PACKETS: usize = 500_000;
+pub const TOTAL_BUFFERED_PACKETS: usize = 500_000;
 
 const MAX_NUM_TRANSACTIONS_PER_BATCH: usize = 128;
 
diff --git a/core/src/tpu.rs b/core/src/tpu.rs
index f26e0e32101453..1d3b826fed5155 100644
--- a/core/src/tpu.rs
+++ b/core/src/tpu.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! multi-stage transaction processing pipeline in software.
 
 use crate::{
-    banking_stage::BankingStage,
+    banking_stage::{BankingStage, TOTAL_BUFFERED_PACKETS},
     broadcast_stage::{BroadcastStage, BroadcastStageType, RetransmitSlotsReceiver},
     cluster_info::ClusterInfo,
     cluster_info_vote_listener::{ClusterInfoVoteListener, VerifiedVoteSender, VoteTracker},
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use solana_runtime::{
     bank_forks::BankForks,
     vote_sender_types::{ReplayVoteReceiver, ReplayVoteSender},
 };
+use solana_streamer::packet::PACKETS_PER_BATCH;
 use std::{
     net::UdpSocket,
     sync::{
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ impl Tpu {
             &exit,
             &packet_sender,
             &poh_recorder,
-            Some(TOTAL_BUFFERED_PACKETS),
+            Some((TOTAL_BUFFERED_PACKETS + PACKETS_PER_BATCH - 1) / PACKETS_PER_BATCH),
         );
         let (verified_sender, verified_receiver) = unbounded();
 
diff --git a/perf/src/cuda_runtime.rs b/perf/src/cuda_runtime.rs
index 3aa739af79eba7..dc9b84a0395ca2 100644
--- a/perf/src/cuda_runtime.rs
+++ b/perf/src/cuda_runtime.rs
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ pub struct PinnedVec<T: Default + Clone + Sized> {
 }
 
 impl<T: Default + Clone + Sized> Reset for PinnedVec<T> {
-    fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.len()
-    }
     fn reset(&mut self) {
         self.resize(0, T::default());
     }
diff --git a/perf/src/recycler.rs b/perf/src/recycler.rs
index 2f690f101bc5f1..5e94ed92bd6d01 100644
--- a/perf/src/recycler.rs
+++ b/perf/src/recycler.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ impl<T: Default> RecyclerX<T> {
 }
 
 pub trait Reset {
-    fn len(&self) -> usize;
     fn reset(&mut self);
     fn warm(&mut self, size_hint: usize);
     fn set_recycler(&mut self, recycler: Weak<RecyclerX<Self>>)
@@ -118,13 +117,11 @@ impl<T: Default + Reset + Sized> Recycler<T> {
         let should_allocate = self
             .recycler
             .limit
-            .map(|limit| self.recycler.outstanding_len.load(Ordering::SeqCst) + t.len() <= limit)
+            .map(|limit| self.recycler.outstanding_len.load(Ordering::SeqCst) < limit)
             .unwrap_or(true);
         if should_allocate {
             t.set_recycler(Arc::downgrade(&self.recycler));
-            self.recycler
-                .outstanding_len
-                .fetch_add(t.len(), Ordering::SeqCst);
+            self.recycler.outstanding_len.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
             Some(t)
         } else {
             None