diff --git a/libi2pd/SSU2Session.cpp b/libi2pd/SSU2Session.cpp
index 21f651d8..92fe2d46 100644
--- a/libi2pd/SSU2Session.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/SSU2Session.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace transport
 		m_RTO (SSU2_INITIAL_RTO), m_RelayTag (0),m_ConnectTimer (server.GetService ()), 
 		m_TerminationReason (eSSU2TerminationReasonNormalClose),
 		m_MaxPayloadSize (SSU2_MIN_PACKET_SIZE - IPV6_HEADER_SIZE - UDP_HEADER_SIZE - 32), // min size
-		m_LastResendTime (0)
+		m_LastResendTime (0), m_LastResendAttemptTime (0)
 	{
 		m_NoiseState.reset (new i2p::crypto::NoiseSymmetricState);
 		if (in_RemoteRouter && m_Address)
@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ namespace transport
 
 	size_t SSU2Session::Resend (uint64_t ts)
 	{
+		if (ts + SSU2_RESEND_ATTEMPT_MIN_INTERVAL < m_LastResendAttemptTime) return 0;
+		m_LastResendAttemptTime = ts;
 		// resend handshake packet
 		if (m_SentHandshakePacket && ts >= m_SentHandshakePacket->sendTime + SSU2_HANDSHAKE_RESEND_INTERVAL)
 		{
@@ -3131,6 +3133,8 @@ namespace transport
 			m_Handler.Flush ();
 			m_IsDataReceived = false;
 		}
+		else if (!sent && !m_SentPackets.empty ()) // if only acks received, nothing sent and we still have something to resend
+			Resend (i2p::util::GetMillisecondsSinceEpoch ()); // than right time to resend
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/libi2pd/SSU2Session.h b/libi2pd/SSU2Session.h
index 587f74b6..cd6793d3 100644
--- a/libi2pd/SSU2Session.h
+++ b/libi2pd/SSU2Session.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace transport
 	const size_t SSU2_MIN_PACKET_SIZE = 1280;
 	const int SSU2_HANDSHAKE_RESEND_INTERVAL = 1000; // in milliseconds
 	const int SSU2_MAX_NUM_RESENDS = 5;
+	const int SSU2_RESEND_ATTEMPT_MIN_INTERVAL = 3; // in milliseconds
 	const int SSU2_INCOMPLETE_MESSAGES_CLEANUP_TIMEOUT = 30; // in seconds
 	const int SSU2_MAX_NUM_RECEIVED_I2NP_MSGIDS = 5000; // how many msgID we store for duplicates check
 	const int SSU2_RECEIVED_I2NP_MSGIDS_CLEANUP_TIMEOUT = 10; // in seconds
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ namespace transport
 			size_t m_MaxPayloadSize;
 			std::unique_ptr<i2p::data::IdentHash> m_PathChallenge;
 			std::unordered_map<uint32_t, uint32_t> m_ReceivedI2NPMsgIDs; // msgID -> timestamp in seconds
-			uint64_t m_LastResendTime; // in milliseconds
+			uint64_t m_LastResendTime, m_LastResendAttemptTime; // in milliseconds
 	};
 
 	inline uint64_t CreateHeaderMask (const uint8_t * kh, const uint8_t * nonce)