diff --git a/src/WebSocket.h b/src/WebSocket.h
index de29b82..aa13401 100644
--- a/src/WebSocket.h
+++ b/src/WebSocket.h
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ public:
 
     /* Send or buffer a WebSocket frame, compressed or not. Returns false on increased user space backpressure. */
     bool send(std::string_view message, uWS::OpCode opCode = uWS::OpCode::BINARY, bool compress = false) {
+        WebSocketContextData<SSL> *webSocketContextData = (WebSocketContextData<SSL> *) us_socket_context_ext(SSL,
+            (us_socket_context_t *) us_socket_context(SSL, (us_socket_t *) this)
+        );
+
+        /* Skip sending and report success if we are over the limit of maxBackpressure */
+        if (webSocketContextData->maxBackpressure < getBufferedAmount()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         /* Transform the message to compressed domain if requested */
         if (compress) {
             WebSocketData *webSocketData = (WebSocketData *) Super::getAsyncSocketData();
@@ -109,10 +118,7 @@ public:
         }
 
         /* Every successful send resets the timeout */
-        WebSocketContextData<SSL> *webSocketContextData = (WebSocketContextData<SSL> *) us_socket_context_ext(SSL,
-            (us_socket_context_t *) us_socket_context(SSL, (us_socket_t *) this)
-        );
-        AsyncSocket<SSL>::timeout(webSocketContextData->idleTimeout);
+        Super::timeout(webSocketContextData->idleTimeout);
 
         /* Return success */
         return true;