diff --git a/jsonrpc/handler.go b/jsonrpc/handler.go
index 6a1f301940..68b839e58a 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/handler.go
+++ b/jsonrpc/handler.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/0xPolygonHermez/zkevm-node/jsonrpc/types"
@@ -73,23 +73,18 @@ func newJSONRpcHandler() *Handler {
 	return handler
 }
 
-var connectionCounter = 0
-var connectionCounterMutex sync.Mutex
+var connectionCounter int64 = 0
 
 // Handle is the function that knows which and how a function should
 // be executed when a JSON RPC request is received
 func (h *Handler) Handle(req handleRequest) types.Response {
 	log := log.WithFields("method", req.Method, "requestId", req.ID)
-	connectionCounterMutex.Lock()
-	connectionCounter++
-	connectionCounterMutex.Unlock()
+	atomic.AddInt64(&connectionCounter, 1)
 	defer func() {
-		connectionCounterMutex.Lock()
-		connectionCounter--
-		connectionCounterMutex.Unlock()
-		log.Debugf("Current open connections %d", connectionCounter)
+		atomic.AddInt64(&connectionCounter, -1)
+		log.Debugf("Current open connections %d", atomic.LoadInt64(&connectionCounter))
 	}()
-	log.Debugf("Current open connections %d", connectionCounter)
+	log.Debugf("Current open connections %d", atomic.LoadInt64(&connectionCounter))
 	log.Debugf("request params %v", string(req.Params))
 
 	service, fd, err := h.getFnHandler(req.Request)
diff --git a/jsonrpc/server_test.go b/jsonrpc/server_test.go
index 4cce938e20..84bcb7110d 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/server_test.go
+++ b/jsonrpc/server_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
 	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -439,3 +441,92 @@ func TestRequestValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMaxRequestPerIPPerSec(t *testing.T) {
+	// this is the number of requests the test will execute
+	// it's important to keep this number with an amount of
+	// requests that the machine running this test is able
+	// to execute in a single second
+	const numberOfRequests = 100
+	// the number of workers are the amount of go routines
+	// the machine is able to run at the same time without
+	// consuming all the resources and making the go routines
+	// to affect each other performance, this number may vary
+	// depending on the machine spec running the test.
+	// a good number to this generally is a number close to
+	// the number of cores or threads provided by the CPU.
+	const workers = 12
+	// it's important to keep this limit smaller than the
+	// number of requests the test is going to perform, so
+	// the test can have some requests rejected.
+	const maxRequestsPerIPAndSecond = 20
+
+	cfg := getSequencerDefaultConfig()
+	cfg.MaxRequestsPerIPAndSecond = maxRequestsPerIPAndSecond
+	s, m, _ := newMockedServerWithCustomConfig(t, cfg)
+	defer s.Stop()
+
+	// since the limitation is made by second,
+	// the test waits 1 sec before starting because request are made during the
+	// server creation to check its availability. Waiting this second means
+	// we have a fresh second without any other request made.
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+
+	// create a wait group to wait for all the requests to return
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(numberOfRequests)
+
+	// prepare mocks with specific amount of times it can be called
+	// this makes us sure the code is calling these methods only for
+	// allowed requests
+	times := int(cfg.MaxRequestsPerIPAndSecond)
+	m.DbTx.On("Commit", context.Background()).Return(nil).Times(times)
+	m.State.On("BeginStateTransaction", context.Background()).Return(m.DbTx, nil).Times(times)
+	m.State.On("GetLastL2BlockNumber", context.Background(), m.DbTx).Return(uint64(1), nil).Times(times)
+
+	// prepare the workers to process the requests as long as a job is available
+	requestsLimitedCount := uint64(0)
+	jobs := make(chan int, numberOfRequests)
+	// put each worker to work
+	for i := 0; i < workers; i++ {
+		// each worker works in a go routine to be able to have many
+		// workers working concurrently
+		go func() {
+			// a worker keeps working indefinitely looking for new jobs
+			for {
+				// waits until a job is available
+				<-jobs
+				// send the request
+				_, err := s.JSONRPCCall("eth_blockNumber")
+				// if the request works well or gets rejected due to max requests per sec, it's ok
+				// otherwise we stop the test and log the error.
+				if err != nil {
+					if err.Error() == "429 - You have reached maximum request limit." {
+						atomic.AddUint64(&requestsLimitedCount, 1)
+					} else {
+						require.NoError(t, err)
+					}
+				}
+
+				// registers in the wait group a request was executed and has returned
+				wg.Done()
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// add jobs to notify workers accordingly to the number
+	// of requests the test wants to send to the server
+	for i := 0; i < numberOfRequests; i++ {
+		jobs <- i
+	}
+
+	// wait for all the requests to return
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	// checks if all the exceeded requests were limited
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(numberOfRequests-maxRequestsPerIPAndSecond), requestsLimitedCount)
+
+	// wait the server to process the last requests without breaking the
+	// connection abruptly
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+}