diff --git a/net/pspat/functions.c b/net/pspat/functions.c
index 7e344311f4abb6..6885f0e87e4efb 100644
--- a/net/pspat/functions.c
+++ b/net/pspat/functions.c
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ pspat_do_arbiter(struct pspat *arb)
 				q->pspat_batch_limit = pspat_arb_qdisc_batch;
 			}
 
+			if (unlikely(skb->next)) {
+				printk("WARNING: skb->next was not NULL\n");
+				skb->next = skb->prev = NULL;
+			}
 			rc = q->enqueue(skb, q, &to_free) & NET_XMIT_MASK;
 			if (unlikely(pspat_debug_xmit)) {
 				printk("enq(%p,%p)-->%d\n", q, skb, rc);
@@ -671,6 +675,10 @@ pspat_do_dispatcher(struct pspat_dispatcher *s)
 		printk("PSPAT sender processed %d skbs\n", ndeq);
 	}
 
+	if (pspat_dispatch_sleep_us) {
+		usleep_range(pspat_dispatch_sleep_us, pspat_dispatch_sleep_us);
+	}
+
 	return ndeq;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/pspat/pspat.h b/net/pspat/pspat.h
index 169578036a7731..d26e6974983570 100644
--- a/net/pspat/pspat.h
+++ b/net/pspat/pspat.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ extern u64 pspat_arb_loop_max_ns;
 extern u64 pspat_arb_loop_avg_reqs;
 extern uint32_t pspat_arb_qdisc_batch;
 extern uint32_t pspat_dispatch_batch;
+extern uint32_t pspat_dispatch_sleep_us;
 extern struct pspat_stats *pspat_stats;
 
 struct pspat_stats {
diff --git a/net/pspat/pspat_main.c b/net/pspat/pspat_main.c
index 80184d37b2c224..238c502b2a753f 100644
--- a/net/pspat/pspat_main.c
+++ b/net/pspat/pspat_main.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ u64 pspat_rate __read_mostly = 40000000000; // 40Gb/s
 u64 pspat_arb_interval_ns __read_mostly = 1000;
 u32 pspat_arb_qdisc_batch __read_mostly = 512;
 u32 pspat_dispatch_batch __read_mostly = 256;
+u32 pspat_dispatch_sleep_us __read_mostly = 0;
 u64 pspat_arb_tc_enq_drop = 0;
 u64 pspat_arb_backpressure_drop = 0;
 u64 pspat_arb_tc_deq = 0;
@@ -166,6 +167,13 @@ static struct ctl_table pspat_static_ctl[] = {
 		.data		= &pspat_dispatch_batch,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "dispatch_sleep_us",
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(u32),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.data		= &pspat_dispatch_sleep_us,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "rate",
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(u64),
diff --git a/net/pspat/start.sh b/net/pspat/start.sh
index 89c1d56322e4dd..7204357f0c9b4a 100755
--- a/net/pspat/start.sh
+++ b/net/pspat/start.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ sudo sysctl net.pspat.single_txq=0
 sudo sysctl net.pspat.mailbox_entries=512
 sudo sysctl net.pspat.mailbox_line_size=128
 sudo sysctl net.pspat.arb_qdisc_batch=1000
+sudo sysctl net.pspat.dispatch_batch=1000
 sudo sysctl net.pspat.enable=1
 
 sudo taskset -pc 7 $(pgrep pspat-arb)