diff --git a/prdoc/pr_7158.prdoc b/prdoc/pr_7158.prdoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e113a7fdcd1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prdoc/pr_7158.prdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+title: Reject litep2p inbound requests from banned peers
+
+doc:
+  - audience: Node Dev
+    description: |
+      This PR rejects inbound requests from banned peers (reputation is below the banned threshold).
+      This mirrors the request-response implementation from the libp2p side.
+      While at it, have registered a new inbound failure metric to have visibility into this.
+
+crates:
+- name: sc-network
+  bump: patch
diff --git a/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/shim/request_response/mod.rs b/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/shim/request_response/mod.rs
index 00ec425c9b76..e7598debde15 100644
--- a/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/shim/request_response/mod.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/shim/request_response/mod.rs
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ impl RequestResponseProtocol {
 		request_id: RequestId,
 		request: Vec<u8>,
 	) {
+		log::trace!(
+			target: LOG_TARGET,
+			"{}: request received from {peer:?} ({fallback:?} {request_id:?}), request size {:?}",
+			self.protocol,
+			request.len(),
+		);
+
 		let Some(inbound_queue) = &self.inbound_queue else {
 			log::trace!(
 				target: LOG_TARGET,
@@ -282,12 +289,18 @@ impl RequestResponseProtocol {
 			return;
 		};
 
-		log::trace!(
-			target: LOG_TARGET,
-			"{}: request received from {peer:?} ({fallback:?} {request_id:?}), request size {:?}",
-			self.protocol,
-			request.len(),
-		);
+		if self.peerstore_handle.is_banned(&peer.into()) {
+			log::trace!(
+				target: LOG_TARGET,
+				"{}: rejecting inbound request from banned {peer:?} ({request_id:?})",
+				self.protocol,
+			);
+
+			self.handle.reject_request(request_id);
+			self.metrics.register_inbound_request_failure("banned-peer");
+			return;
+		}
+
 		let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
 
 		match inbound_queue.try_send(IncomingRequest {