diff --git a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_dial.go b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_dial.go
index 446ece4504..7456b7f42d 100644
--- a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_dial.go
+++ b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_dial.go
@@ -22,9 +22,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 // The maximum number of address resolution steps we'll perform for a single
-// peer (for all addresses).
+// peer (for all addresses). In other words, the maximum number of times we'll
+// call `.Resolve` for all of a peer's addresses
 const maxAddressResolution = 32
 
+// The maximum number of addresses we'll return when resolving all of a peer's
+// address
+const maximumResolvedAddresses = 100
+
+// The maximum queue size of addresses left to resolve.
+const maximumToResolveAddresses = 100
+
 // Diagram of dial sync:
 //
 //   many callers of Dial()   synched w.  dials many addrs       results to callers
@@ -337,7 +345,7 @@ func (s *Swarm) resolveAddrs(ctx context.Context, pi peer.AddrInfo) ([]ma.Multia
 	// * Otherwise, resolve it and add the results to the "to resolve" list.
 	toResolve := append([]ma.Multiaddr{}, pi.Addrs...)
 	resolved := make([]ma.Multiaddr, 0, len(pi.Addrs))
-	for len(toResolve) > 0 {
+	for len(toResolve) > 0 && len(resolved) < maximumResolvedAddresses {
 		// pop the last addr off.
 		addr := toResolve[len(toResolve)-1]
 		toResolve = toResolve[:len(toResolve)-1]
@@ -372,6 +380,9 @@ func (s *Swarm) resolveAddrs(ctx context.Context, pi peer.AddrInfo) ([]ma.Multia
 			}
 			var added bool
 			for _, a := range resolvedAddrs {
+				if len(toResolve) >= maximumToResolveAddresses {
+					break
+				}
 				if !addr.Equal(a) {
 					toResolve = append(toResolve, a)
 					added = true
@@ -382,6 +393,11 @@ func (s *Swarm) resolveAddrs(ctx context.Context, pi peer.AddrInfo) ([]ma.Multia
 			}
 		}
 
+		if len(toResolve) >= maximumToResolveAddresses {
+			// No point in resolving any more addresses, we don't have space.
+			continue
+		}
+
 		// otherwise, resolve it
 		reqaddr := addr.Encapsulate(p2paddr)
 		resaddrs, err := s.maResolver.Resolve(ctx, reqaddr)
@@ -391,6 +407,9 @@ func (s *Swarm) resolveAddrs(ctx context.Context, pi peer.AddrInfo) ([]ma.Multia
 
 		// add the results to the toResolve list.
 		for _, res := range resaddrs {
+			if len(toResolve) >= maximumToResolveAddresses {
+				break
+			}
 			pi, err := peer.AddrInfoFromP2pAddr(res)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Infof("error parsing %s: %s", res, err)
diff --git a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_dial_test.go b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_dial_test.go
index f4c33170a9..09989b6ee9 100644
--- a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_dial_test.go
+++ b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_dial_test.go
@@ -398,3 +398,18 @@ func TestBlackHoledAddrBlocked(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrDialRefusedBlackHole)
 }
+
+func TestSkipDialingManyDNS(t *testing.T) {
+	resolver, err := madns.NewResolver()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	s := newTestSwarmWithResolver(t, resolver)
+	defer s.Close()
+	id := test.RandPeerIDFatal(t)
+	addr := ma.StringCast("/dns/example.com/udp/1234/p2p-circuit/dns/example.com/p2p-circuit/dns/example.com")
+
+	resolved, err := s.resolveAddrs(context.Background(), peer.AddrInfo{ID: id, Addrs: []ma.Multiaddr{addr}})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Less(t, len(resolved), maximumResolvedAddresses)
+}