diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/discovery/mod.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/discovery/mod.rs
index 68e085683..44b95b985 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/discovery/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/discovery/mod.rs
@@ -959,12 +959,24 @@ impl<TSpec: EthSpec> NetworkBehaviour for Discovery<TSpec> {
         &mut self,
         peer_id: Option<PeerId>,
         _handler: Self::ProtocolsHandler,
-        _error: &DialError,
+        error: &DialError,
     ) {
         if let Some(peer_id) = peer_id {
-            // set peer as disconnected in discovery DHT
-            debug!(self.log, "Marking peer disconnected in DHT"; "peer_id" => %peer_id);
-            self.disconnect_peer(&peer_id);
+            match error {
+                DialError::Banned
+                | DialError::LocalPeerId
+                | DialError::InvalidPeerId
+                | DialError::ConnectionIo(_)
+                | DialError::NoAddresses
+                | DialError::Transport(_) => {
+                    // set peer as disconnected in discovery DHT
+                    debug!(self.log, "Marking peer disconnected in DHT"; "peer_id" => %peer_id);
+                    self.disconnect_peer(&peer_id);
+                }
+                DialError::ConnectionLimit(_)
+                | DialError::DialPeerConditionFalse(_)
+                | DialError::Aborted => {}
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/mod.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/mod.rs
index decc1ccd1..fa33ea9ff 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/mod.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub const MIN_OUTBOUND_ONLY_FACTOR: f32 = 0.3;
 /// requiring subnet peers. More specifically, if our target peer limit is 50, and our excess peer
 /// limit is 55, and we are at 55 peers, the following parameter provisions a few more slots of
 /// dialing priority peers we need for validator duties.
-pub const PRIORITY_PEER_EXCESS: f32 = 0.05;
+pub const PRIORITY_PEER_EXCESS: f32 = 0.1;
 
 /// The main struct that handles peer's reputation and connection status.
 pub struct PeerManager<TSpec: EthSpec> {