diff --git a/substrate/client/rpc-spec-v2/src/transaction/transaction.rs b/substrate/client/rpc-spec-v2/src/transaction/transaction.rs
index d44006392dca..4ee4f69b3d72 100644
--- a/substrate/client/rpc-spec-v2/src/transaction/transaction.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/rpc-spec-v2/src/transaction/transaction.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 //! API implementation for submitting transactions.
 
 use crate::{
+	common::connections::RpcConnections,
 	transaction::{
 		api::TransactionApiServer,
 		error::Error,
@@ -47,12 +48,14 @@ pub struct Transaction<Pool, Client> {
 	pool: Arc<Pool>,
 	/// Executor to spawn subscriptions.
 	executor: SubscriptionTaskExecutor,
+	/// Keep track of how many concurrent operations are active for each connection.
+	rpc_connections: RpcConnections,
 }
 
 impl<Pool, Client> Transaction<Pool, Client> {
 	/// Creates a new [`Transaction`].
 	pub fn new(client: Arc<Client>, pool: Arc<Pool>, executor: SubscriptionTaskExecutor) -> Self {
-		Transaction { client, pool, executor }
+		Transaction { client, pool, executor, rpc_connections: RpcConnections::new(4) }
 	}
 }
 
@@ -81,8 +84,20 @@ where
 	fn submit_and_watch(&self, pending: PendingSubscriptionSink, xt: Bytes) {
 		let client = self.client.clone();
 		let pool = self.pool.clone();
+		let rpc_connections = self.rpc_connections.clone();
 
 		let fut = async move {
+			let Some(_reserved_connection) = rpc_connections.reserve_space(pending.connection_id())
+			else {
+				let err = ErrorObject::owned(
+					BAD_FORMAT,
+					format!("Reached maximum number of connections"),
+					None::<()>,
+				);
+				let _ = pending.reject(err).await;
+				return
+			};
+
 			// This is the only place where the RPC server can return an error for this
 			// subscription. Other defects must be signaled as events to the sink.
 			let decoded_extrinsic = match TransactionFor::<Pool>::decode(&mut &xt[..]) {
diff --git a/substrate/client/rpc-spec-v2/src/transaction/transaction_broadcast.rs b/substrate/client/rpc-spec-v2/src/transaction/transaction_broadcast.rs
index 8af1882f39dd..e43ec5e60877 100644
--- a/substrate/client/rpc-spec-v2/src/transaction/transaction_broadcast.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/rpc-spec-v2/src/transaction/transaction_broadcast.rs
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ where
 		let id = self.generate_unique_id();
 
 		// Ensure that the connection has not reached the maximum number of active operations.
-		let Some(reserved_connection) =
-			self.rpc_connections.reserve_space(connection_details.id().clone())
+		let Some(reserved_connection) = self.rpc_connections.reserve_space(connection_details.id())
 		else {
 			return Ok(None)
 		};