diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/p2pstream.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/p2pstream.rs
index a3f9d160e4..5501c22561 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/p2pstream.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/p2pstream.rs
@@ -279,31 +279,6 @@ where
             return Poll::Ready(None)
         }
 
-        // poll the pinger to determine if we should send a ping
-        match this.pinger.poll_ping(cx) {
-            Poll::Pending => {}
-            Poll::Ready(Ok(PingerEvent::Ping)) => {
-                // encode the ping message
-                let mut ping_bytes = BytesMut::new();
-                P2PMessage::Ping.encode(&mut ping_bytes);
-
-                // check if the buffer is full
-                if this.outgoing_messages.len() >= MAX_P2P_CAPACITY {
-                    return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(P2PStreamError::SendBufferFull)))
-                }
-
-                // if the sink is not ready, buffer the message
-                this.outgoing_messages.push_back(ping_bytes.into());
-            }
-            _ => {
-                // encode the disconnect message
-                this.start_disconnect(DisconnectReason::PingTimeout)?;
-
-                // End the stream after ping related error
-                return Poll::Ready(None)
-            }
-        }
-
         // we should loop here to ensure we don't return Poll::Pending if we have a message to
         // return behind any pings we need to respond to
         while let Poll::Ready(res) = this.inner.poll_next_unpin(cx) {
@@ -416,6 +391,31 @@ where
     fn poll_ready(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
         let mut this = self.as_mut();
 
+        // poll the pinger to determine if we should send a ping
+        match this.pinger.poll_ping(cx) {
+            Poll::Pending => {}
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(PingerEvent::Ping)) => {
+                // encode the ping message
+                let mut ping_bytes = BytesMut::new();
+                P2PMessage::Ping.encode(&mut ping_bytes);
+
+                // check if the buffer is full
+                if this.outgoing_messages.len() >= MAX_P2P_CAPACITY {
+                    return Poll::Ready(Err(P2PStreamError::SendBufferFull))
+                }
+
+                // if the sink is not ready, buffer the message
+                this.outgoing_messages.push_back(ping_bytes.into());
+            }
+            _ => {
+                // encode the disconnect message
+                this.start_disconnect(DisconnectReason::PingTimeout)?;
+
+                // End the stream after ping related error
+                return Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
+            }
+        }
+
         match this.inner.poll_ready_unpin(cx) {
             Poll::Pending => {}
             Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => return Poll::Ready(Err(P2PStreamError::Io(err))),