diff --git a/eth/protocols/eth/broadcast.go b/eth/protocols/eth/broadcast.go
index 2349398fae683016b593e2beccbd759fc6b82b6d..74ec2f06543ea864e0925d5b063487226b0ab521 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/eth/broadcast.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/eth/broadcast.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (p *Peer) announceTransactions() {
 			queue = append(queue, hashes...)
 			if len(queue) > maxQueuedTxAnns {
 				// Fancy copy and resize to ensure buffer doesn't grow indefinitely
-				queue = queue[:copy(queue, queue[len(queue)-maxQueuedTxs:])]
+				queue = queue[:copy(queue, queue[len(queue)-maxQueuedTxAnns:])]
 			}
 
 		case <-done: