diff --git a/src/fetch_stage.rs b/src/fetch_stage.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71e633d67b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fetch_stage.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//! The `fetch_stage` batches input from a UDP socket and sends it to a channel.
+
+use packet;
+use std::net::UdpSocket;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
+use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
+use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use streamer;
+
+pub struct FetchStage {
+    pub packet_receiver: streamer::PacketReceiver,
+    pub thread_hdl: JoinHandle<()>,
+}
+
+impl FetchStage {
+    pub fn new(
+        socket: UdpSocket,
+        exit: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+        packet_recycler: packet::PacketRecycler,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let (packet_sender, packet_receiver) = channel();
+        let thread_hdl =
+            streamer::receiver(socket, exit.clone(), packet_recycler.clone(), packet_sender);
+
+        FetchStage {
+            packet_receiver,
+            thread_hdl,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 184da6fdee..7ce12c2444 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub mod entry;
 pub mod entry_writer;
 #[cfg(feature = "erasure")]
 pub mod erasure;
+pub mod fetch_stage;
 pub mod hash;
 pub mod ledger;
 pub mod logger;
diff --git a/src/tpu.rs b/src/tpu.rs
index b7758b4460..9737f27fdf 100644
--- a/src/tpu.rs
+++ b/src/tpu.rs
@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@
 
 use bank::Bank;
 use banking_stage::BankingStage;
+use fetch_stage::FetchStage;
 use hash::Hash;
-use packet;
+use packet::{BlobRecycler, PacketRecycler};
 use record_stage::RecordStage;
 use sigverify_stage::SigVerifyStage;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::net::UdpSocket;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
-use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use streamer;
+use streamer::BlobReceiver;
 use write_stage::WriteStage;
 
 pub struct Tpu {
-    pub blob_receiver: streamer::BlobReceiver,
+    pub blob_receiver: BlobReceiver,
     pub thread_hdls: Vec<JoinHandle<()>>,
 }
 
@@ -28,20 +28,16 @@ impl Tpu {
         start_hash: Hash,
         tick_duration: Option<Duration>,
         transactions_socket: UdpSocket,
-        blob_recycler: packet::BlobRecycler,
+        blob_recycler: BlobRecycler,
         exit: Arc<AtomicBool>,
         writer: W,
     ) -> Self {
-        let packet_recycler = packet::PacketRecycler::default();
-        let (packet_sender, packet_receiver) = channel();
-        let t_receiver = streamer::receiver(
-            transactions_socket,
-            exit.clone(),
-            packet_recycler.clone(),
-            packet_sender,
-        );
+        let packet_recycler = PacketRecycler::default();
 
-        let sigverify_stage = SigVerifyStage::new(exit.clone(), packet_receiver);
+        let fetch_stage =
+            FetchStage::new(transactions_socket, exit.clone(), packet_recycler.clone());
+
+        let sigverify_stage = SigVerifyStage::new(exit.clone(), fetch_stage.packet_receiver);
 
         let banking_stage = BankingStage::new(
             bank.clone(),
@@ -61,16 +57,15 @@ impl Tpu {
             record_stage.entry_receiver,
         );
 
-        let blob_receiver = write_stage.blob_receiver;
         let mut thread_hdls = vec![
-            t_receiver,
+            fetch_stage.thread_hdl,
             banking_stage.thread_hdl,
             record_stage.thread_hdl,
             write_stage.thread_hdl,
         ];
         thread_hdls.extend(sigverify_stage.thread_hdls.into_iter());
         Tpu {
-            blob_receiver,
+            blob_receiver: write_stage.blob_receiver,
             thread_hdls,
         }
     }