diff --git a/discovery/sync_manager.go b/discovery/sync_manager.go
index 11d147a8..ee9dce2d 100644
--- a/discovery/sync_manager.go
+++ b/discovery/sync_manager.go
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ func (m *SyncManager) InitSyncState(peer lnpeer.Peer) {
 		channelSeries: m.cfg.ChanSeries,
 		encodingType:  encoding,
 		chunkSize:     encodingTypeToChunkSize[encoding],
+		batchSize:     requestBatchSize,
 		sendToPeer: func(msgs ...lnwire.Message) error {
 			return peer.SendMessage(false, msgs...)
 		},
diff --git a/discovery/syncer.go b/discovery/syncer.go
index 791e31c9..9e45abbc 100644
--- a/discovery/syncer.go
+++ b/discovery/syncer.go
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ const (
 	// syncTransitionTimeout is the default timeout in which we'll wait up
 	// to when attempting to perform a sync transition.
 	syncTransitionTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+
+	// requestBatchSize is the maximum number of channels we will query the
+	// remote peer for in a QueryShortChanIDs message.
+	requestBatchSize = 500
 )
 
 var (
@@ -183,6 +187,10 @@ type gossipSyncerCfg struct {
 	// encoding type that we can fit into a single message safely.
 	chunkSize int32
 
+	// batchSize is the max number of channels the syncer will query from
+	// the remote node in a single QueryShortChanIDs request.
+	batchSize int32
+
 	// sendToPeer is a function closure that should send the set of
 	// targeted messages to the peer we've been assigned to sync the graph
 	// state from.
@@ -570,7 +578,7 @@ func (g *GossipSyncer) synchronizeChanIDs() (bool, error) {
 
 	// If the number of channels to query for is less than the chunk size,
 	// then we can issue a single query.
-	if int32(len(g.newChansToQuery)) < g.cfg.chunkSize {
+	if int32(len(g.newChansToQuery)) < g.cfg.batchSize {
 		queryChunk = g.newChansToQuery
 		g.newChansToQuery = nil
 
@@ -578,8 +586,8 @@ func (g *GossipSyncer) synchronizeChanIDs() (bool, error) {
 		// Otherwise, we'll need to only query for the next chunk.
 		// We'll slice into our query chunk, then slide down our main
 		// pointer down by the chunk size.
-		queryChunk = g.newChansToQuery[:g.cfg.chunkSize]
-		g.newChansToQuery = g.newChansToQuery[g.cfg.chunkSize:]
+		queryChunk = g.newChansToQuery[:g.cfg.batchSize]
+		g.newChansToQuery = g.newChansToQuery[g.cfg.batchSize:]
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("GossipSyncer(%x): querying for %v new channels",
diff --git a/discovery/syncer_test.go b/discovery/syncer_test.go
index ee5719d8..7d570704 100644
--- a/discovery/syncer_test.go
+++ b/discovery/syncer_test.go
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ func newTestSyncer(hID lnwire.ShortChannelID,
 		channelSeries: newMockChannelGraphTimeSeries(hID),
 		encodingType:  encodingType,
 		chunkSize:     chunkSize,
+		batchSize:     chunkSize,
 		sendToPeer: func(msgs ...lnwire.Message) error {
 			msgChan <- msgs
 			return nil