diff --git a/src/herder/TransactionQueue.cpp b/src/herder/TransactionQueue.cpp
index 6ec98093f4..5ac15116fa 100644
--- a/src/herder/TransactionQueue.cpp
+++ b/src/herder/TransactionQueue.cpp
@@ -844,12 +844,12 @@ TransactionQueue::getMaxOpsToFloodThisPeriod() const
     return static_cast<size_t>(opsToFlood);
 }
 
-bool
+TransactionQueue::BroadcastStatus
 TransactionQueue::broadcastTx(AccountState& state, TimestampedTx& tx)
 {
     if (tx.mBroadcasted)
     {
-        return false;
+        return BroadcastStatus::BROADCAST_STATUS_ALREADY;
     }
 
     bool allowTx{true};
@@ -933,10 +933,11 @@ TransactionQueue::broadcastTx(AccountState& state, TimestampedTx& tx)
         // false to our caller so that they will not count this tx against the
         // per-timeslice counters -- we want to allow the caller to try useful
         // work from other sources.
-        return false;
+        return BroadcastStatus::BROADCAST_STATUS_SKIPPED;
     }
-    return mApp.getOverlayManager().broadcastMessage(
-        tx.mTx->toStellarMessage());
+    return mApp.getOverlayManager().broadcastMessage(tx.mTx->toStellarMessage())
+               ? BroadcastStatus::BROADCAST_STATUS_SUCCESS
+               : BroadcastStatus::BROADCAST_STATUS_ALREADY;
 }
 
 struct TxQueueTracker
@@ -1012,6 +1013,7 @@ TransactionQueue::broadcastSome()
         }
     }
 
+    std::vector<TransactionFrameBasePtr> banningTxs;
     while (opsToFlood != 0 && !iters.empty())
     {
         auto curTracker = iters.top();
@@ -1027,22 +1029,30 @@ TransactionQueue::broadcastSome()
             // accumulate more flooding credit
             break;
         }
+        auto bStatus = broadcastTx(*curTracker.mAccountState, *cur);
+        if (bStatus == BroadcastStatus::BROADCAST_STATUS_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            auto ops = tx->getNumOperations();
+            opsToFlood -= ops;
+            totalOpsToFlood -= ops;
+        }
+        // when skipping, we ban the transaction and skip the remainder of the
+        // queue
+        if (bStatus == BroadcastStatus::BROADCAST_STATUS_SKIPPED)
+        {
+            banningTxs.emplace_back(tx);
+        }
         else
         {
-            if (broadcastTx(*curTracker.mAccountState, *cur))
+            cur++;
+            // if we're not done with this account, add the tracker back
+            if (curTracker.skipToFirstNotBroadcasted())
             {
-                auto ops = tx->getNumOperations();
-                opsToFlood -= ops;
-                totalOpsToFlood -= ops;
+                iters.push(curTracker);
             }
-            cur++;
-        }
-        // if we're not done with this account, add the tracker back
-        if (curTracker.skipToFirstNotBroadcasted())
-        {
-            iters.push(curTracker);
         }
     }
+    ban(banningTxs);
     // carry over remainder, up to MAX_OPS_PER_TX ops
     // reason is that if we add 1 next round, we can flood a "worst case fee
     // bump" tx
diff --git a/src/herder/TransactionQueue.h b/src/herder/TransactionQueue.h
index 9e70544fd1..c836ce683b 100644
--- a/src/herder/TransactionQueue.h
+++ b/src/herder/TransactionQueue.h
@@ -198,7 +198,13 @@ class TransactionQueue
     bool broadcastSome();
     void broadcast(bool fromCallback);
     // broadcasts a single transaction
-    bool broadcastTx(AccountState& state, TimestampedTx& tx);
+    enum class BroadcastStatus
+    {
+        BROADCAST_STATUS_ALREADY,
+        BROADCAST_STATUS_SUCCESS,
+        BROADCAST_STATUS_SKIPPED
+    };
+    BroadcastStatus broadcastTx(AccountState& state, TimestampedTx& tx);
 
     AddResult canAdd(TransactionFrameBasePtr tx,
                      AccountStates::iterator& stateIter,