diff --git a/eth/protocols/snap/handler_test.go b/eth/protocols/snap/handler_test.go
index cb4b378a8d..53b22ca7f7 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/snap/handler_test.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/snap/handler_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func TestServiceGetAccessListsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	req := &GetAccessListsPacket{
 		ID:     1,
 		Hashes: hashes,
+		Bytes:  softResponseLimit,
 	}
 	result := ServiceGetAccessListsQuery(bc, req)
 
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ func TestServiceGetAccessListsQueryEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	req := &GetAccessListsPacket{
 		ID:     2,
 		Hashes: mixed,
+		Bytes:  softResponseLimit,
 	}
 	result := ServiceGetAccessListsQuery(bc, req)
 
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ func TestServiceGetAccessListsQueryCap(t *testing.T) {
 	req := &GetAccessListsPacket{
 		ID:     3,
 		Hashes: hashes,
+		Bytes:  softResponseLimit,
 	}
 	result := ServiceGetAccessListsQuery(bc, req)
 
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ func TestServiceGetAccessListsQueryByteLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	req := &GetAccessListsPacket{
 		ID:     0,
 		Hashes: hashes,
+		Bytes:  softResponseLimit,
 	}
 	result := ServiceGetAccessListsQuery(bc, req)
 
diff --git a/eth/protocols/snap/handlers.go b/eth/protocols/snap/handlers.go
index 64522343f9..4d60aab1f6 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/snap/handlers.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/snap/handlers.go
@@ -569,6 +569,9 @@ func handleGetAccessLists(backend Backend, msg Decoder, peer *Peer) error {
 // ServiceGetAccessListsQuery assembles the response to an access list query.
 // It is exposed to allow external packages to test protocol behavior.
 func ServiceGetAccessListsQuery(chain *core.BlockChain, req *GetAccessListsPacket) []rlp.RawValue {
+	if req.Bytes > softResponseLimit {
+		req.Bytes = softResponseLimit
+	}
 	// Cap the number of lookups
 	if len(req.Hashes) > maxAccessListLookups {
 		req.Hashes = req.Hashes[:maxAccessListLookups]
@@ -585,7 +588,7 @@ func ServiceGetAccessListsQuery(chain *core.BlockChain, req *GetAccessListsPacke
 			// Either the block is unknown or the BAL doesn't exist
 			bals = append(bals, nil)
 		}
-		if bytes > softResponseLimit {
+		if bytes > req.Bytes {
 			break
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/eth/protocols/snap/protocol.go b/eth/protocols/snap/protocol.go
index 57b29bbe36..7913f8b053 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/snap/protocol.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/snap/protocol.go
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ type TrieNodesPacket struct {
 type GetAccessListsPacket struct {
 	ID     uint64        // Request ID to match up responses with
 	Hashes []common.Hash // Block hashes to retrieve BALs for
+	Bytes  uint64        // Soft limit at which to stop returning data
 }
 
 // AccessListsPacket is the response to GetAccessListsPacket.