diff --git a/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs b/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
index 0c278ea818e814..4d57c5e3d11629 100644
--- a/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
+++ b/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
@@ -495,6 +495,16 @@ async fn setup_connection(
                         stats.clone(),
                     ),
                     |(pubkey, stake, total_stake, max_stake, min_stake)| {
+                        // The heuristic is that the stake should be large engouh to have 1 stream pass throuh within one throttle
+                        // interval during which we allow max MAX_STREAMS_PER_100MS streams.
+                        let min_stake_ratio = 1_f64 / MAX_STREAMS_PER_100MS as f64;
+                        let stake_ratio = stake as f64 / total_stake as f64;
+                        let stake = if stake_ratio < min_stake_ratio {
+                            // If it is a staked connection with ultra low stake ratio, treat it as unstaked.
+                            0
+                        } else {
+                            stake
+                        };
                         NewConnectionHandlerParams {
                             packet_sender,
                             remote_pubkey: Some(pubkey),