diff --git a/src/class_objectProcessor.py b/src/class_objectProcessor.py
index e13c262c..ad78bd87 100644
--- a/src/class_objectProcessor.py
+++ b/src/class_objectProcessor.py
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ class objectProcessor(threading.Thread):
 
     
     def processgetpubkey(self, data):
+        if len(data) > 200:
+            logger.info('getpubkey is abnormally long. Sanity check failed. Ignoring object.')
+            return
         readPosition = 20  # bypass the nonce, time, and object type
         requestedAddressVersionNumber, addressVersionLength = decodeVarint(
             data[readPosition:readPosition + 10])
diff --git a/src/shared.py b/src/shared.py
index 69794033..4fd66610 100644
--- a/src/shared.py
+++ b/src/shared.py
@@ -432,8 +432,6 @@ def _checkAndShareGetpubkeyWithPeers(data):
     if len(data) < 42:
         logger.info('getpubkey message doesn\'t contain enough data. Ignoring.')
         return
-    if len(data) > 200:
-        logger.info('getpubkey is abnormally long. Sanity check failed. Ignoring object.')
     embeddedTime, = unpack('>Q', data[8:16])
     readPosition = 20  # bypass the nonce, time, and object type
     requestedAddressVersionNumber, addressVersionLength = decodeVarint(