diff --git a/eth/handler_eth.go b/eth/handler_eth.go
index 9b38fbb25..f10a3b29b 100644
--- a/eth/handler_eth.go
+++ b/eth/handler_eth.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"runtime"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/fetcher"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/protocols/eth"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
 )
 
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ var (
 // enqueueTx is a channel to enqueue transactions in parallel.
 // It is used to improve the performance of transaction enqueued.
 var enqueueTx = make(chan func(), TxQueueSize)
+var parallelCounter int32 = 0
+var parallelCounterGuage = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("p2p/enqueue/parallel", nil)
 
 func init() {
 	log.Info("P2P euqneue parallel thread number", "threadNum", TxQueueSize)
@@ -47,7 +51,17 @@ func init() {
 	for i := 0; i < TxQueueSize; i++ {
 		go func() {
 			for enqueue := range enqueueTx {
+				atomic.AddInt32(&parallelCounter, 1)
 				enqueue()
+				atomic.AddInt32(&parallelCounter, -1)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	if metrics.EnabledExpensive {
+		go func() {
+			for {
+				time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+				parallelCounterGuage.Update(int64(atomic.LoadInt32(&parallelCounter)))
 			}
 		}()
 	}