diff --git a/internal/amneziawgnet/netstack.go b/internal/amneziawgnet/netstack.go
index b05467f53..24f1937fc 100644
--- a/internal/amneziawgnet/netstack.go
+++ b/internal/amneziawgnet/netstack.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	awgtun "github.com/amnezia-vpn/amneziawg-go/v3/tun"
 
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ import (
 // 1024 starved simultaneous TCP slow-starts; channel.Endpoint drops silently when full.
 const tunQueueDepth = 8192
 
+// tunQueueMaxWait bounds how long WriteNotify parks the goroutine that made the stack
+// emit a packet; past it the packet is dropped, as channel.Endpoint drops when full.
+const tunQueueMaxWait = 5 * time.Millisecond
+
 // maxReceiveBuffer caps per-connection receive autotuning; gVisor's own 4 MB
 // cap held a single client upload near 310 Mbit/s at 50 ms RTT.
 const maxReceiveBuffer = 8 << 20
@@ -191,10 +196,21 @@ func (t *stackTun) WriteNotify() {
 	view := pkt.ToView()
 	pkt.DecRef()
 
+	select {
+	case t.incomingPacket <- view:
+		return
+	default:
+	}
+	// Echo replies and RSTs are emitted on amneziawg-go's per-peer receiver, which the
+	// reader of this queue itself waits on during a rebind: never park here for good.
+	timer := time.NewTimer(tunQueueMaxWait)
+	defer timer.Stop()
 	// Select against done so racing dispatch abandons packet on close
 	// without blocking Close or panicking on closed channel.
 	select {
 	case t.incomingPacket <- view:
+	case <-timer.C:
+		view.Release()
 	case <-t.done:
 		view.Release()
 	}
diff --git a/internal/amneziawgnet/netstack_test.go b/internal/amneziawgnet/netstack_test.go
index f50ae42fc..bcda75d41 100644
--- a/internal/amneziawgnet/netstack_test.go
+++ b/internal/amneziawgnet/netstack_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 package amneziawgnet
 
 import (
+	"net/netip"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/buffer"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/checksum"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/header"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/link/channel"
 )
 
@@ -128,3 +133,44 @@ func TestStackTunReadReturnsViewsToPool(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Read allocates %v times per packet, want <=1: drained views are not being released", allocs)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestStackTunWriteSurvivesFullOutboundQueue: Write runs on amneziawg-go's per-peer
+// receiver, so a reply the stack cannot queue must be dropped rather than wait for Read.
+func TestStackTunWriteSurvivesFullOutboundQueue(t *testing.T) {
+	tun, _, err := createNetTUNWithStack([]netip.Addr{netip.MustParseAddr("10.9.0.1")}, 1420)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("createNetTUNWithStack: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer tun.Close()
+
+	ping := make([]byte, header.IPv4MinimumSize+header.ICMPv4MinimumSize)
+	ip := header.IPv4(ping)
+	ip.Encode(&header.IPv4Fields{
+		TotalLength: uint16(len(ping)),
+		TTL:         64,
+		Protocol:    uint8(header.ICMPv4ProtocolNumber),
+		SrcAddr:     tcpip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{10, 9, 0, 2}),
+		DstAddr:     tcpip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{10, 9, 0, 1}),
+	})
+	ip.SetChecksum(^ip.CalculateChecksum())
+	icmp := header.ICMPv4(ping[header.IPv4MinimumSize:])
+	icmp.SetType(header.ICMPv4Echo)
+	icmp.SetChecksum(^checksum.Checksum(icmp, 0))
+
+	// Nobody calls Read, so the echo replies fill incomingPacket and overflow it.
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(done)
+		for range tunQueueDepth + 8 {
+			_, _ = tun.Write([][]byte{ping}, 0)
+		}
+	}()
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Write is still waiting for room in the outbound queue: the receiver would deadlock a rebind")
+	}
+	if got := len(tun.(*stackTun).incomingPacket); got != tunQueueDepth {
+		t.Fatalf("incomingPacket holds %d replies, want %d: the queue never filled", got, tunQueueDepth)
+	}
+}