diff --git a/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java b/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java
index fb7346da0..52cbe032f 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ public final class transferRWI {
             granted = false; // don't accept more words if there are too many words to flush
             result = "busy";
             pause = 60000;
+        } else if (checkLimit && sb.wordIndex.wSize() > (sb.wordIndex.getMaxWordCount() + cachelimit)) {
+            // we are too busy flushing the ramCache to receive indexes
+            sb.getLog().logInfo("Rejecting RWIs from peer " + otherPeerName + ". We are too busy (wordcachesize=" + sb.wordIndex.wSize() + ").");
+            granted = false; // don't accept more words if there are too many words to flush
+            result = "busy";
+            pause = 300000;
         } else {
             // we want and can receive indexes
             // log value status (currently added to find outOfMemory error
@@ -186,4 +192,4 @@ public final class transferRWI {
         // return rewrite properties
         return prop;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
index 927fb7264..909b78c98 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaWordIndex.java
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ public final class plasmaWordIndex extends indexAbstractRI implements indexRI {
         ramCache.setMaxWordCount(maxWords);
     }
 
+    public int getMaxWordCount() {
+        return ramCache.getMaxWordCount();
+    }
+
     public void flushControl() {
         // check for forced flush
         synchronized (this) { ramCache.shiftK2W(); }