diff --git a/streamer/src/sendmmsg.rs b/streamer/src/sendmmsg.rs
index 1b2257f2f00172..93e23f81c01e36 100644
--- a/streamer/src/sendmmsg.rs
+++ b/streamer/src/sendmmsg.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ fn mmsghdr_for_packet(
 ) {
     const SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_IN: usize = mem::size_of::<sockaddr_in>();
     const SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_IN6: usize = mem::size_of::<sockaddr_in6>();
+    const SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_STORAGE: usize = mem::size_of::<sockaddr_storage>();
+    const SOCKADDR_IN_PADDING: usize = SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_STORAGE - SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_IN;
+    const SOCKADDR_IN6_PADDING: usize = SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_STORAGE - SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_IN6;
 
     iov.write(iovec {
         iov_base: packet.as_ptr() as *mut libc::c_void,
@@ -76,20 +79,34 @@ fn mmsghdr_for_packet(
 
     let msg_namelen = match dest {
         SocketAddr::V4(socket_addr_v4) => {
+            let ptr: *mut sockaddr_in = addr.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _;
             unsafe {
                 ptr::write(
-                    addr.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
+                    ptr,
                     *nix::sys::socket::SockaddrIn::from(*socket_addr_v4).as_ref(),
                 );
+                // Zero the remaining bytes after sockaddr_in
+                ptr::write_bytes(
+                    (ptr as *mut u8).add(SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_IN),
+                    0,
+                    SOCKADDR_IN_PADDING,
+                );
             }
             SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_IN as socklen_t
         }
         SocketAddr::V6(socket_addr_v6) => {
+            let ptr: *mut sockaddr_in6 = addr.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _;
             unsafe {
                 ptr::write(
-                    addr.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _,
+                    ptr,
                     *nix::sys::socket::SockaddrIn6::from(*socket_addr_v6).as_ref(),
                 );
+                // Zero the remaining bytes after sockaddr_in6
+                ptr::write_bytes(
+                    (ptr as *mut u8).add(SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_IN6),
+                    0,
+                    SOCKADDR_IN6_PADDING,
+                );
             }
             SIZE_OF_SOCKADDR_IN6 as socklen_t
         }
@@ -161,27 +178,55 @@ fn sendmmsg_retry(sock: &UdpSocket, hdrs: &mut [mmsghdr]) -> Result<(), SendPkts
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-pub fn batch_send<S, T>(sock: &UdpSocket, packets: &[(T, S)]) -> Result<(), SendPktsError>
+const MAX_IOV: usize = libc::UIO_MAXIOV as usize;
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub fn batch_send_max_iov<S, T>(sock: &UdpSocket, packets: &[(T, S)]) -> Result<(), SendPktsError>
 where
     S: Borrow<SocketAddr>,
     T: AsRef<[u8]>,
 {
-    let size = packets.len();
-    let mut iovs = vec![MaybeUninit::uninit(); size];
-    let mut addrs = vec![MaybeUninit::zeroed(); size];
-    let mut hdrs = vec![MaybeUninit::uninit(); size];
+    assert!(packets.len() <= MAX_IOV);
+
+    let mut iovs = [MaybeUninit::uninit(); MAX_IOV];
+    let mut addrs = [MaybeUninit::uninit(); MAX_IOV];
+    let mut hdrs = [MaybeUninit::uninit(); MAX_IOV];
+
+    // izip! will iterate packets.len() times, leaving hdrs, iovs, and addrs initialized only up to packets.len()
     for ((pkt, dest), hdr, iov, addr) in izip!(packets, &mut hdrs, &mut iovs, &mut addrs) {
         mmsghdr_for_packet(pkt.as_ref(), dest.borrow(), iov, addr, hdr);
     }
-    // mmsghdr_for_packet() performs initialization so we can safely transmute
-    // the Vecs to their initialized counterparts
-    let _iovs = unsafe { mem::transmute::<Vec<MaybeUninit<iovec>>, Vec<iovec>>(iovs) };
-    let _addrs = unsafe {
-        mem::transmute::<Vec<MaybeUninit<sockaddr_storage>>, Vec<sockaddr_storage>>(addrs)
-    };
-    let mut hdrs = unsafe { mem::transmute::<Vec<MaybeUninit<mmsghdr>>, Vec<mmsghdr>>(hdrs) };
 
-    sendmmsg_retry(sock, &mut hdrs)
+    // SAFETY: The first `packets.len()` elements of `hdrs`, `iovs`, and `addrs` are
+    // guaranteed to be initialized by `mmsghdr_for_packet` before this loop.
+    let hdrs_slice =
+        unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(hdrs.as_mut_ptr() as *mut mmsghdr, packets.len()) };
+
+    let result = sendmmsg_retry(sock, hdrs_slice);
+
+    // SAFETY: The first `packets.len()` elements of `hdrs`, `iovs`, and `addrs` are
+    // guaranteed to be initialized by `mmsghdr_for_packet` before this loop.
+    for (hdr, iov, addr) in izip!(&mut hdrs, &mut iovs, &mut addrs).take(packets.len()) {
+        unsafe {
+            hdr.assume_init_drop();
+            iov.assume_init_drop();
+            addr.assume_init_drop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    result
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub fn batch_send<S, T>(sock: &UdpSocket, packets: &[(T, S)]) -> Result<(), SendPktsError>
+where
+    S: Borrow<SocketAddr>,
+    T: AsRef<[u8]>,
+{
+    for chunk in packets.chunks(MAX_IOV) {
+        batch_send_max_iov(sock, chunk)?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn multi_target_send<S, T>(