diff --git a/beacon_chain/eth2_network.nim b/beacon_chain/eth2_network.nim
index 6df69c205..173847282 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/eth2_network.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/eth2_network.nim
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type
     connQueue: AsyncQueue[PeerInfo]
     seenTable: Table[PeerID, SeenItem]
     connWorkers: seq[Future[void]]
+    connTable: Table[PeerID, PeerInfo]
     forkId: ENRForkID
 
   EthereumNode = Eth2Node # needed for the definitions in p2p_backends_helpers
@@ -735,30 +736,35 @@ proc connectWorker(network: Eth2Node) {.async.} =
     let pi = await network.connQueue.popFirst()
     let r1 = network.peerPool.hasPeer(pi.peerId)
     let r2 = network.isSeen(pi)
+    let r3 = network.connTable.hasKey(pi.peerId)
 
-    if not(r1) and not(r2):
-      # We trying to connect to peers which are not present in our PeerPool and
-      # not present in our SeenTable.
-      var fut = network.dialPeer(pi)
-      # We discarding here just because we going to check future state, to avoid
-      # condition where connection happens and timeout reached.
-      let res = await withTimeout(fut, network.connectTimeout)
-      # We handling only timeout and errors, because successfull connections
-      # will be stored in PeerPool.
-      if fut.finished():
-        if fut.failed() and not(fut.cancelled()):
-          debug "Unable to establish connection with peer", peer = pi.id,
-                errMsg = fut.readError().msg
-          inc nbc_failed_dials
-          network.addSeen(pi, SeenTableTimeDeadPeer)
-        continue
-      debug "Connection to remote peer timed out", peer = pi.id
-      inc nbc_timeout_dials
-      network.addSeen(pi, SeenTableTimeTimeout)
+    if not(r1) and not(r2) and not(r3):
+      network.connTable[pi.peerId] = pi
+      try:
+        # We trying to connect to peers which are not in PeerPool, SeenTable and
+        # ConnTable.
+        var fut = network.dialPeer(pi)
+        # We discarding here just because we going to check future state, to avoid
+        # condition where connection happens and timeout reached.
+        let res = await withTimeout(fut, network.connectTimeout)
+        # We handling only timeout and errors, because successfull connections
+        # will be stored in PeerPool.
+        if fut.finished():
+          if fut.failed() and not(fut.cancelled()):
+            debug "Unable to establish connection with peer", peer = pi.id,
+                  errMsg = fut.readError().msg
+            inc nbc_failed_dials
+            network.addSeen(pi, SeenTableTimeDeadPeer)
+          continue
+        debug "Connection to remote peer timed out", peer = pi.id
+        inc nbc_timeout_dials
+        network.addSeen(pi, SeenTableTimeTimeout)
+      finally:
+        network.connTable.del(pi.peerId)
     else:
-      trace "Peer is already connected or already seen", peer = pi.id,
-            peer_pool_has_peer = $r1, seen_table_has_peer = $r2,
-            seen_table_size = len(network.seenTable)
+      trace "Peer is already connected, connecting or already seen",
+            peer = pi.id, peer_pool_has_peer = $r1, seen_table_has_peer = $r2,
+            connecting_peer = $r3, seen_table_size = len(network.seenTable)
 
 proc runDiscoveryLoop*(node: Eth2Node) {.async.} =
   debug "Starting discovery loop"
@@ -809,6 +815,7 @@ proc init*(T: type Eth2Node, conf: BeaconNodeConf, enrForkId: ENRForkID,
   result.connectTimeout = 10.seconds
   result.seenThreshold = 10.minutes
   result.seenTable = initTable[PeerID, SeenItem]()
+  result.connTable = initTable[PeerID, PeerInfo]()
   result.connQueue = newAsyncQueue[PeerInfo](ConcurrentConnections)
   result.metadata = getPersistentNetMetadata(conf)
   result.forkId = enrForkId