diff --git a/p2p/mock/peer.go b/p2p/mock/peer.go
index 664711dc63..e34f383f34 100644
--- a/p2p/mock/peer.go
+++ b/p2p/mock/peer.go
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ func NewPeer(ip net.IP) *Peer {
 	return mp
 }
 
-func (mp *Peer) FlushStop()                          { mp.Stop() } //nolint:errcheck //ignore error
-func (mp *Peer) TrySendEnvelope(e p2p.Envelope) bool { return true }
-func (mp *Peer) SendEnvelope(e p2p.Envelope) bool    { return true }
-func (mp *Peer) TrySend(_ byte, _ []byte) bool       { return true }
-func (mp *Peer) Send(_ byte, _ []byte) bool          { return true }
+func (mp *Peer) FlushStop()                                      { mp.Stop() } //nolint:errcheck //ignore error
+func (mp *Peer) TrySendEnvelope(e p2p.Envelope) bool             { return true }
+func (mp *Peer) TrySendMarshalled(e p2p.MarshalledEnvelope) bool { return true }
+func (mp *Peer) SendEnvelope(e p2p.Envelope) bool                { return true }
+func (mp *Peer) TrySend(_ byte, _ []byte) bool                   { return true }
+func (mp *Peer) Send(_ byte, _ []byte) bool                      { return true }
 func (mp *Peer) NodeInfo() p2p.NodeInfo {
 	return p2p.DefaultNodeInfo{
 		DefaultNodeID: mp.addr.ID,
diff --git a/p2p/peer.go b/p2p/peer.go
index 32ece1e233..51ea82b904 100644
--- a/p2p/peer.go
+++ b/p2p/peer.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type Peer interface {
 
 	SendEnvelope(Envelope) bool
 	TrySendEnvelope(Envelope) bool
+	TrySendMarshalled(MarshalledEnvelope) bool
 
 	Set(string, interface{})
 	Get(string) interface{}
@@ -261,6 +262,10 @@ func (p *peer) SendEnvelope(e Envelope) bool {
 	return p.send(e.ChannelID, e.Message, p.mconn.Send)
 }
 
+func (p *peer) TrySendMarshalled(e MarshalledEnvelope) bool {
+	return p.sendMarshalled(e.ChannelID, getMsgType(e.Message), e.MarshalledMessage, p.mconn.TrySend)
+}
+
 // TrySendEnvelope attempts to sends the message in the envelope on the channel specified by the
 // envelope. Returns false immediately if the connection's internal queue is full
 func (p *peer) TrySendEnvelope(e Envelope) bool {
@@ -268,11 +273,6 @@ func (p *peer) TrySendEnvelope(e Envelope) bool {
 }
 
 func (p *peer) send(chID byte, msg proto.Message, sendFunc func(byte, []byte) bool) bool {
-	if !p.IsRunning() {
-		return false
-	} else if !p.hasChannel(chID) {
-		return false
-	}
 	msgType := getMsgType(msg)
 	if w, ok := msg.(Wrapper); ok {
 		msg = w.Wrap()
@@ -282,6 +282,15 @@ func (p *peer) send(chID byte, msg proto.Message, sendFunc func(byte, []byte) bo
 		p.Logger.Error("marshaling message to send", "error", err)
 		return false
 	}
+	return p.sendMarshalled(chID, msgType, msgBytes, sendFunc)
+}
+
+func (p *peer) sendMarshalled(chID byte, msgType reflect.Type, msgBytes []byte, sendFunc func(byte, []byte) bool) bool {
+	if !p.IsRunning() {
+		return false
+	} else if !p.hasChannel(chID) {
+		return false
+	}
 	res := sendFunc(chID, msgBytes)
 	if res {
 		p.pendingMetrics.AddPendingSendBytes(msgType, len(msgBytes))
diff --git a/p2p/peer_set_test.go b/p2p/peer_set_test.go
index 27126cc680..7a2554426c 100644
--- a/p2p/peer_set_test.go
+++ b/p2p/peer_set_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ type mockPeer struct {
 	id ID
 }
 
-func (mp *mockPeer) FlushStop()                      { mp.Stop() } //nolint:errcheck // ignore error
+func (mp *mockPeer) FlushStop()                                  { mp.Stop() } //nolint:errcheck // ignore error
+func (mp *mockPeer) TrySendMarshalled(e MarshalledEnvelope) bool { return true }
+
 func (mp *mockPeer) TrySendEnvelope(e Envelope) bool { return true }
 func (mp *mockPeer) SendEnvelope(e Envelope) bool    { return true }
 func (mp *mockPeer) TrySend(_ byte, _ []byte) bool   { return true }
diff --git a/p2p/switch.go b/p2p/switch.go
index 78fcb71855..a9e3419207 100644
--- a/p2p/switch.go
+++ b/p2p/switch.go
@@ -285,10 +285,22 @@ func (sw *Switch) BroadcastEnvelope(e Envelope) {
 func (sw *Switch) TryBroadcast(e Envelope) {
 	sw.Logger.Debug("TryBroadcast", "channel", e.ChannelID)
 
+	marshalMsg := e.Message
+	if wrapper, ok := e.Message.(Wrapper); ok {
+		marshalMsg = wrapper.Wrap()
+	}
+	marshalledMsg, err := proto.Marshal(marshalMsg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	marshalledEnvelope := MarshalledEnvelope{
+		Envelope:          e,
+		MarshalledMessage: marshalledMsg,
+	}
 	peers := sw.peers.List()
 	for _, peer := range peers {
 		go func(p Peer) {
-			p.TrySendEnvelope(e)
+			p.TrySendMarshalled(marshalledEnvelope)
 		}(peer)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/p2p/types.go b/p2p/types.go
index fbca80660d..ca096fdba2 100644
--- a/p2p/types.go
+++ b/p2p/types.go
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ type Envelope struct {
 	ChannelID byte
 }
 
+// MarshalledEnvelope contains a proto message, its marshalled message, with sender routing info.
+type MarshalledEnvelope struct {
+	Envelope
+	MarshalledMessage []byte
+}
+
 // Unwrapper is a Protobuf message that can contain a variety of inner messages
 // (e.g. via oneof fields). If a Channel's message type implements Unwrapper, the
 // p2p layer will automatically unwrap inbound messages so that reactors do not have to do this themselves.