diff --git a/p2p/discover/v5_talk.go b/p2p/discover/v5_talk.go
index dca09870d8..3187aafe53 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v5_talk.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v5_talk.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // This is a limit for the number of concurrent talk requests.
-const maxActiveTalkRequests = 1024
+const maxActiveTalkRequests = 2048
 
 // This is the timeout for acquiring a handler execution slot for a talk request.
 // The timeout should be short enough to fit within the request timeout.
diff --git a/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go b/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
index 223de7310a..905baae4ce 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
@@ -774,8 +774,8 @@ func (t *UDPv5) send(toID enode.ID, toAddr netip.AddrPort, packet v5wire.Packet,
 	t.logcontext = append(t.logcontext, "rawpacket", hexutil.Encode(enc))
 	t.log.Trace(">> "+packet.Name(), t.logcontext...)
 
-	dataForSend := bufferpool.Get(len(enc))
-	copy(dataForSend, enc)
+	dataForSend := bufferpool.Get(len(enc))[:0]
+	dataForSend = append(dataForSend, enc...)
 
 	pw := pendingWrite{
 		toAddr: toAddr,