diff --git a/Streaming.cpp b/Streaming.cpp
index 06f2a18a..160388cc 100644
--- a/Streaming.cpp
+++ b/Streaming.cpp
@@ -853,6 +853,23 @@ namespace stream
 			if (packet->IsSYN () && !packet->GetSeqn ()) // new incoming stream
 			{	
 				auto incomingStream = CreateNewIncomingStream ();
+				auto ident = incomingStream->GetRemoteIdentity();
+				if(ident)
+				{
+					auto ih = ident->GetIdentHash();
+					if(DropNewStream(ih))
+					{
+						// drop
+						LogPrint(eLogWarning, "Streaming: Too many inbound streams from ", ih.ToBase32());
+						incomingStream->Close();
+						DeleteStream(incomingStream);
+						incomingStream = nullptr;
+						delete packet;
+						return;
+					}
+				} else
+					LogPrint(eLogWarning, "Streaming: Inbound stream has no identity");
+
 				uint32_t receiveStreamID = packet->GetReceiveStreamID ();
 				incomingStream->HandleNextPacket (packet); // SYN
 				// handle saved packets if any
@@ -866,21 +883,6 @@ namespace stream
 						m_SavedPackets.erase (it);
 					}			
 				}
-				auto ident = incomingStream->GetRemoteIdentity();
-				if(ident)
-				{
-					auto ih = ident->GetIdentHash();
-					if(DropNewStream(ih))
-					{
-						// drop
-						LogPrint(eLogWarning, "Streaming: Too many inbound streams from ", ih.ToBase32());
-						DeleteStream(incomingStream);
-						incomingStream = nullptr;
-						delete packet;
-						return;
-					}
-				} else
-					LogPrint(eLogWarning, "Streaming: Inbound stream has no identity");
 				// accept
 				if (m_Acceptor != nullptr)
 					m_Acceptor (incomingStream);