diff --git a/fml/src/main/java/cpw/mods/fml/common/network/internal/FMLProxyPacket.java b/fml/src/main/java/cpw/mods/fml/common/network/internal/FMLProxyPacket.java
index 7726a615d..e8f16257f 100644
--- a/fml/src/main/java/cpw/mods/fml/common/network/internal/FMLProxyPacket.java
+++ b/fml/src/main/java/cpw/mods/fml/common/network/internal/FMLProxyPacket.java
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ import net.minecraft.network.PacketBuffer;
 import net.minecraft.network.play.client.C17PacketCustomPayload;
 import net.minecraft.network.play.server.S3FPacketCustomPayload;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.helpers.Integers;
+import com.google.common.collect.ConcurrentHashMultiset;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multiset;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multiset.Entry;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multisets;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.FMLLog;
-import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.ByteBufUtils;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.FMLNetworkException;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkRegistry;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.handshake.NetworkDispatcher;
@@ -24,7 +28,8 @@ public class FMLProxyPacket extends Packet {
     private final ByteBuf payload;
     private INetHandler netHandler;
     private NetworkDispatcher dispatcher;
-
+    private static Multiset<String> badPackets = ConcurrentHashMultiset.create();
+    private static int packetCountWarning = Integers.parseInt(System.getProperty("fml.badPacketCounter", "100"), 100);
     private FMLProxyPacket(byte[] payload, String channel)
     {
         this(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(payload), channel);
@@ -71,7 +76,17 @@ public class FMLProxyPacket extends Packet {
             {
                 if (internalChannel.writeInbound(this))
                 {
-                    FMLLog.severe("Messages for channel %s for side %s were not processed by the embedded channel %s.\n They have been dropped.\n%s", this.channel, this.target, internalChannel.inboundMessages(), ByteBufUtils.getContentDump(this.payload));
+                    badPackets.add(this.channel);
+                    if (badPackets.size() % packetCountWarning == 0)
+                    {
+                        FMLLog.severe("Detected ongoing potential memory leak. %d packets have leaked. Top offenders", badPackets.size());
+                        int i = 0;
+                        for (Entry<String> s  : Multisets.copyHighestCountFirst(badPackets).entrySet())
+                        {
+                            if (i++ > 10) break;
+                            FMLLog.severe("\t %s : %d", s.getElement(), s.getCount());
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
                 internalChannel.inboundMessages().clear();
             }