diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index 3fd2749e7..00215240d 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -2675,6 +2675,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "test-strategy",
  "thiserror 2.0.15",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "tun",
diff --git a/rust/connlib/tunnel/Cargo.toml b/rust/connlib/tunnel/Cargo.toml
index 86acfaf72..74ed0a2bd 100644
--- a/rust/connlib/tunnel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/connlib/tunnel/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ socket-factory = { workspace = true }
 socket2 = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
+tokio-util = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true, features = ["attributes"] }
 tun = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "v4"] }
diff --git a/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/sockets.rs b/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/sockets.rs
index 73422b6a3..83d3d83cc 100644
--- a/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/sockets.rs
+++ b/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/sockets.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::otel;
 use anyhow::{Context as _, Result};
-use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt, ready};
+use futures::{SinkExt, ready};
 use gat_lending_iterator::LendingIterator;
 use socket_factory::DatagramOut;
 use socket_factory::{DatagramIn, DatagramSegmentIter, SocketFactory, UdpSocket};
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
     task::{Context, Poll, Waker},
 };
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tokio_util::sync::PollSender;
 
 const DEFAULT_LISTEN_PORT: u16 = EPHEMERAL_PORT_RANGE_START + FIRE;
 const EPHEMERAL_PORT_RANGE_START: u16 = 49152;
@@ -173,6 +175,17 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// How big the queue for incoming and outgoing UDP batches is at most.
+///
+/// On mobile platforms, we are memory-constrained and thus cannot afford to process big batches of packets.
+const QUEUE_SIZE: usize = {
+    if cfg!(any(target_os = "ios", target_os = "android")) {
+        10
+    } else {
+        1000
+    }
+};
+
 struct ThreadedUdpSocket {
     thread_name: String,
     join_handle: std::thread::JoinHandle<()>,
@@ -180,14 +193,14 @@ struct ThreadedUdpSocket {
 }
 
 struct Channels {
-    outbound_tx: flume::r#async::SendSink<'static, DatagramOut>,
-    inbound_rx: flume::r#async::RecvStream<'static, Result<DatagramSegmentIter>>,
+    outbound_tx: PollSender<DatagramOut>,
+    inbound_rx: mpsc::Receiver<Result<DatagramSegmentIter>>,
 }
 
 impl ThreadedUdpSocket {
     fn new(sf: Arc<dyn SocketFactory<UdpSocket>>, preferred_addr: SocketAddr) -> io::Result<Self> {
-        let (outbound_tx, outbound_rx) = flume::bounded(10);
-        let (inbound_tx, inbound_rx) = flume::bounded(10);
+        let (outbound_tx, mut outbound_rx) = mpsc::channel(QUEUE_SIZE);
+        let (inbound_tx, inbound_rx) = mpsc::channel(QUEUE_SIZE);
         let (error_tx, error_rx) = flume::bounded(0);
 
         let thread_name = match preferred_addr {
@@ -244,7 +257,7 @@ impl ThreadedUdpSocket {
                     let socket = socket.clone();
 
                     async move {
-                        while let Ok(datagram) = outbound_rx.recv_async().await {
+                        while let Some(datagram) = outbound_rx.recv().await {
                             tokio::task::yield_now().await;
 
                             if let Err(e) = socket.send(datagram).await {
@@ -261,7 +274,7 @@ impl ThreadedUdpSocket {
                                 }
 
                                 // We use the inbound_tx channel to send the error back to the main thread.
-                                if inbound_tx.send_async(Err(e)).await.is_err() {
+                                if inbound_tx.send(Err(e)).await.is_err() {
                                     tracing::debug!(
                                         "Channel for inbound datagrams closed; exiting UDP thread"
                                     );
@@ -297,7 +310,7 @@ impl ThreadedUdpSocket {
                             );
                         }
 
-                        if inbound_tx.send_async(result).await.is_err() {
+                        if inbound_tx.send(result).await.is_err() {
                             tracing::debug!(
                                 "Channel for inbound datagrams closed; exiting UDP thread"
                             );
@@ -317,8 +330,8 @@ impl ThreadedUdpSocket {
             thread_name,
             join_handle,
             channels: Some(Channels {
-                outbound_tx: outbound_tx.into_sink(),
-                inbound_rx: inbound_rx.into_stream(),
+                outbound_tx: PollSender::new(outbound_tx),
+                inbound_rx,
             }),
         })
     }
@@ -340,8 +353,8 @@ impl ThreadedUdpSocket {
     }
 
     fn poll_recv_from(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<DatagramSegmentIter>> {
-        let iter = ready!(self.channels_mut()?.inbound_rx.poll_next_unpin(cx))
-            .ok_or(UdpSocketThreadStopped)?;
+        let iter =
+            ready!(self.channels_mut()?.inbound_rx.poll_recv(cx)).ok_or(UdpSocketThreadStopped)?;
 
         Poll::Ready(iter)
     }
@@ -353,7 +366,15 @@ impl ThreadedUdpSocket {
     fn queue_lengths(&self) -> (usize, usize) {
         self.channels
             .as_ref()
-            .map(|c| (c.inbound_rx.len(), c.outbound_tx.len()))
+            .map(|c| {
+                (
+                    c.inbound_rx.len(),
+                    c.outbound_tx
+                        .get_ref()
+                        .map(|c| QUEUE_SIZE - c.capacity())
+                        .unwrap_or_default(),
+                )
+            })
             .unwrap_or_default()
     }
 }