diff --git a/substrate/client/network/src/protocol/notifications/behaviour.rs b/substrate/client/network/src/protocol/notifications/behaviour.rs
index 84f15c8be3..f95f6870e5 100644
--- a/substrate/client/network/src/protocol/notifications/behaviour.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/network/src/protocol/notifications/behaviour.rs
@@ -1851,9 +1851,10 @@ impl NetworkBehaviour for Notifications {
 							trace!(target: "sub-libp2p", "PSM <= Dropped({:?})", source);
 							self.peerset.dropped(set_id, source.clone(), sc_peerset::DropReason::Refused);
 
+							let ban_dur = Uniform::new(5, 10).sample(&mut rand::thread_rng());
 							*entry.into_mut() = PeerState::Disabled {
 								connections,
-								backoff_until: None
+								backoff_until: Some(Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(ban_dur))
 							};
 						} else {
 							*entry.into_mut() = PeerState::Enabled { connections };