diff --git a/cmd/sentry/sentry/sentry_grpc_server.go b/cmd/sentry/sentry/sentry_grpc_server.go
index b20c9227427..c3eb38ac641 100644
--- a/cmd/sentry/sentry/sentry_grpc_server.go
+++ b/cmd/sentry/sentry/sentry_grpc_server.go
@@ -773,6 +773,28 @@ func (ss *GrpcServer) findBestPeersWithPermit(peerCount int) []*PeerInfo {
 	return foundPeers
 }
 
+func (ss *GrpcServer) findPeerByMinBlock(minBlock uint64) (*PeerInfo, bool) {
+	// Choose a peer that we can send this request to, with maximum number of permits
+	var foundPeerInfo *PeerInfo
+	var maxPermits int
+	now := time.Now()
+	ss.rangePeers(func(peerInfo *PeerInfo) bool {
+		if peerInfo.Height() >= minBlock {
+			deadlines := peerInfo.ClearDeadlines(now, false /* givePermit */)
+			//fmt.Printf("%d deadlines for peer %s\n", deadlines, peerID)
+			if deadlines < maxPermitsPerPeer {
+				permits := maxPermitsPerPeer - deadlines
+				if permits > maxPermits {
+					maxPermits = permits
+					foundPeerInfo = peerInfo
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+	return foundPeerInfo, maxPermits > 0
+}
+
 func (ss *GrpcServer) SendMessageByMinBlock(_ context.Context, inreq *proto_sentry.SendMessageByMinBlockRequest) (*proto_sentry.SentPeers, error) {
 	reply := &proto_sentry.SentPeers{}
 	msgcode := eth.FromProto[ss.Protocol.Version][inreq.Data.Id]
@@ -781,6 +803,14 @@ func (ss *GrpcServer) SendMessageByMinBlock(_ context.Context, inreq *proto_sent
 		msgcode != eth.GetPooledTransactionsMsg {
 		return reply, fmt.Errorf("sendMessageByMinBlock not implemented for message Id: %s", inreq.Data.Id)
 	}
+	if !ss.GetStatus().PassivePeers {
+		peerInfo, found := ss.findPeerByMinBlock(inreq.MinBlock)
+		if found {
+			ss.writePeer("sendMessageByMinBlock", peerInfo, msgcode, inreq.Data.Data, 30*time.Second)
+			reply.Peers = []*proto_types.H512{gointerfaces.ConvertHashToH512(peerInfo.ID())}
+			return reply, nil
+		}
+	}
 	peerInfos := ss.findBestPeersWithPermit(int(inreq.MaxPeers))
 	reply.Peers = make([]*proto_types.H512, len(peerInfos))
 	for i, peerInfo := range peerInfos {
diff --git a/cmd/sentry/sentry/sentry_multi_client.go b/cmd/sentry/sentry/sentry_multi_client.go
index f0a7625d060..2b6312c1aa6 100644
--- a/cmd/sentry/sentry/sentry_multi_client.go
+++ b/cmd/sentry/sentry/sentry_multi_client.go
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ type MultiClient struct {
 	Engine        consensus.Engine
 	blockReader   services.HeaderAndCanonicalReader
 	logPeerInfo   bool
+	passivePeers  bool
 
 	historyV3 bool
 }
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ func NewMultiClient(
 		logPeerInfo:   logPeerInfo,
 		forkValidator: forkValidator,
 		historyV3:     historyV3,
+		passivePeers:  chainConfig.TerminalTotalDifficultyPassed,
 	}
 	cs.ChainConfig = chainConfig
 	cs.forks = forkid.GatherForks(cs.ChainConfig)
@@ -758,6 +760,7 @@ func (cs *MultiClient) makeStatusData() *proto_sentry.StatusData {
 			Genesis: gointerfaces.ConvertHashToH256(s.genesisHash),
 			Forks:   s.forks,
 		},
+		PassivePeers: cs.passivePeers,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9bb65fcd1da..4bc8ca582c6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib v0.0.0-20221210085350-2f641bdeb4fe
+	github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib v0.0.0-20221211145319-874c497dda90
 	github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-snapshot v1.1.1-0.20221117232719-cf68648bf146
 	github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3 v3.6.0
 	github.com/ledgerwatch/secp256k1 v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e0d3cc0cf73..f9c7dd5c5ce 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -561,8 +561,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v0.0.0-20170224010052-a616ab194758 h1:0D5M2HQSGD3PYPwICLl+/9oulQauOuETfgFvhBDffs0=
 github.com/leanovate/gopter v0.2.9 h1:fQjYxZaynp97ozCzfOyOuAGOU4aU/z37zf/tOujFk7c=
 github.com/leanovate/gopter v0.2.9/go.mod h1:U2L/78B+KVFIx2VmW6onHJQzXtFb+p5y3y2Sh+Jxxv8=
-github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib v0.0.0-20221210085350-2f641bdeb4fe h1:bCQEQpM07ludipLTi/CTdQVGFqIrWvgQ1//Ndpx0TIY=
-github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib v0.0.0-20221210085350-2f641bdeb4fe/go.mod h1:cckLLWh0v0OHNSjeq6bpzdvEjZ1HMLKavLBF19tpqeg=
+github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib v0.0.0-20221211145319-874c497dda90 h1:ZsCnxEiUWDgp9ed/TeAnF15nVha4TRiL/1RGRecgs/c=
+github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib v0.0.0-20221211145319-874c497dda90/go.mod h1:Cy/yMqN6ufAXayVYLEIKnRoYz25PK9Uxmp1yil+wA/A=
 github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-snapshot v1.1.1-0.20221117232719-cf68648bf146 h1:BBoJuTSC1Z41wvz26l+HBJCXEBrPh3LXjkJd4CT6n1E=
 github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-snapshot v1.1.1-0.20221117232719-cf68648bf146/go.mod h1:3AuPxZc85jkehh/HA9h8gabv5MSi3kb/ddtzBsTVJFo=
 github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3 v3.6.0 h1:JBUSK1epPyutUrz7KYDTcJtQLEHnehECRpKbM1ugy5M=