diff --git a/internal/p2p/pqueue.go b/internal/p2p/pqueue.go
index e4560c7bd..b19436e15 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/pqueue.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/pqueue.go
@@ -167,13 +167,12 @@ func (s *pqScheduler) process() {
 				timestamp: time.Now().UTC(),
 			}
 
-			s.metrics.PeerPendingSendBytes.With("peer_id", string(pqEnv.envelope.To)).Add(float64(pqEnv.size))
-
 			// enqueue
 
 			// Check if we have sufficient capacity to simply enqueue the incoming
 			// Envelope.
 			if s.size+pqEnv.size <= s.capacity {
+				s.metrics.PeerPendingSendBytes.With("peer_id", string(pqEnv.envelope.To)).Add(float64(pqEnv.size))
 				// enqueue the incoming Envelope
 				s.push(pqEnv)
 			} else {
@@ -213,6 +212,8 @@ func (s *pqScheduler) process() {
 									"capacity", s.capacity,
 								)
 
+								s.metrics.PeerPendingSendBytes.With("peer_id", string(pqEnvTmp.envelope.To)).Add(float64(-pqEnvTmp.size))
+
 								// dequeue/drop from the priority queue
 								heap.Remove(s.pq, pqEnvTmp.index)
 
@@ -257,6 +258,8 @@ func (s *pqScheduler) process() {
 				s.metrics.PeerSendBytesTotal.With(
 					"chID", chIDStr,
 					"peer_id", string(pqEnv.envelope.To)).Add(float64(pqEnv.size))
+				s.metrics.PeerPendingSendBytes.With(
+					"peer_id", string(pqEnv.envelope.To)).Add(float64(-pqEnv.size))
 				select {
 				case s.dequeueCh <- pqEnv.envelope:
 				case <-s.closer.Done():