diff --git a/core/src/cluster_info_vote_listener.rs b/core/src/cluster_info_vote_listener.rs
index 3f4f255630..1374d687a7 100644
--- a/core/src/cluster_info_vote_listener.rs
+++ b/core/src/cluster_info_vote_listener.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use crate::cluster_info::{ClusterInfo, GOSSIP_SLEEP_MILLIS};
-use crate::packet;
 use crate::result::Result;
 use crate::service::Service;
-use crate::streamer::PacketSender;
+use crate::sigverify_stage::VerifiedPackets;
+use crate::{packet, sigverify};
 use solana_metrics::counter::Counter;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::thread::{self, sleep, Builder, JoinHandle};
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -17,13 +18,14 @@ impl ClusterInfoVoteListener {
     pub fn new(
         exit: &Arc<AtomicBool>,
         cluster_info: Arc<RwLock<ClusterInfo>>,
-        sender: PacketSender,
+        sigverify_disabled: bool,
+        sender: Sender<VerifiedPackets>,
     ) -> Self {
         let exit = exit.clone();
         let thread = Builder::new()
             .name("solana-cluster_info_vote_listener".to_string())
             .spawn(move || {
-                let _ = Self::recv_loop(exit, &cluster_info, &sender);
+                let _ = Self::recv_loop(exit, &cluster_info, sigverify_disabled, &sender);
             })
             .unwrap();
         Self {
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ impl ClusterInfoVoteListener {
     fn recv_loop(
         exit: Arc<AtomicBool>,
         cluster_info: &Arc<RwLock<ClusterInfo>>,
-        sender: &PacketSender,
+        sigverify_disabled: bool,
+        sender: &Sender<VerifiedPackets>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let mut last_ts = 0;
         loop {
@@ -44,9 +47,12 @@ impl ClusterInfoVoteListener {
             last_ts = new_ts;
             inc_new_counter_info!("cluster_info_vote_listener-recv_count", votes.len());
             let msgs = packet::to_packets(&votes);
-            for m in msgs {
-                sender.send(m)?;
-            }
+            let r = if sigverify_disabled {
+                sigverify::ed25519_verify_disabled(&msgs)
+            } else {
+                sigverify::ed25519_verify_cpu(&msgs)
+            };
+            sender.send(msgs.into_iter().zip(r).collect())?;
             sleep(Duration::from_millis(GOSSIP_SLEEP_MILLIS));
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/sigverify_stage.rs b/core/src/sigverify_stage.rs
index 4a97a1427f..3401495d91 100644
--- a/core/src/sigverify_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/sigverify_stage.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 use solana_metrics::counter::Counter;
 use solana_metrics::{influxdb, submit};
 use solana_sdk::timing;
-use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, RecvTimeoutError, Sender};
+use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, RecvTimeoutError, Sender};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread::{self, spawn, JoinHandle};
 use std::time::Instant;
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ impl SigVerifyStage {
     pub fn new(
         packet_receiver: Receiver<SharedPackets>,
         sigverify_disabled: bool,
-    ) -> (Self, Receiver<VerifiedPackets>) {
+        verified_sender: Sender<VerifiedPackets>,
+    ) -> Self {
         sigverify::init();
-        let (verified_sender, verified_receiver) = channel();
         let thread_hdls =
             Self::verifier_services(packet_receiver, verified_sender, sigverify_disabled);
-        (Self { thread_hdls }, verified_receiver)
+        Self { thread_hdls }
     }
 
     fn verify_batch(batch: Vec<SharedPackets>, sigverify_disabled: bool) -> VerifiedPackets {
diff --git a/core/src/tpu.rs b/core/src/tpu.rs
index ca2b225f01..b0bb6c1360 100644
--- a/core/src/tpu.rs
+++ b/core/src/tpu.rs
@@ -48,13 +48,19 @@ impl Tpu {
             transactions_sockets,
             tpu_via_blobs_sockets,
             &exit,
-            &packet_sender.clone(),
+            &packet_sender,
         );
-        let cluster_info_vote_listener =
-            ClusterInfoVoteListener::new(&exit, cluster_info.clone(), packet_sender);
+        let (verified_sender, verified_receiver) = channel();
 
-        let (sigverify_stage, verified_receiver) =
-            SigVerifyStage::new(packet_receiver, sigverify_disabled);
+        let sigverify_stage =
+            SigVerifyStage::new(packet_receiver, sigverify_disabled, verified_sender.clone());
+
+        let cluster_info_vote_listener = ClusterInfoVoteListener::new(
+            &exit,
+            cluster_info.clone(),
+            sigverify_disabled,
+            verified_sender,
+        );
 
         let banking_stage = BankingStage::new(&cluster_info, poh_recorder, verified_receiver);