diff --git a/sctp/src/packet.rs b/sctp/src/packet.rs
index fd0b14273..611c15e18 100644
--- a/sctp/src/packet.rs
+++ b/sctp/src/packet.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ impl Packet {
             let padding_needed = get_padding_size(writer.len());
             if padding_needed != 0 {
                 // padding needed if < 4 because we pad to 4
-                writer.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; 16][..padding_needed]);
+                writer.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; PADDING_MULTIPLE][..padding_needed]);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/sctp/src/queue/pending_queue.rs b/sctp/src/queue/pending_queue.rs
index 78a25f0d9..65c29f190 100644
--- a/sctp/src/queue/pending_queue.rs
+++ b/sctp/src/queue/pending_queue.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
+use tokio::sync::{Mutex, Semaphore};
+use util::sync::RwLock;
+
 use std::{
     collections::VecDeque,
     sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
 };
 
-use tokio::sync::{Mutex, Semaphore};
-use util::sync::RwLock;
-
 use crate::chunk::chunk_payload_data::ChunkPayloadData;
 
+// TODO: benchmark performance between multiple Atomic+Mutex vs one Mutex<PendingQueueInternal>
+
+// Some tests push a lot of data before starting to process any data...
+#[cfg(test)]
+const QUEUE_BYTES_LIMIT: usize = 128 * 1024 * 1024;
+/// Maximum size of the pending queue, in bytes.
+#[cfg(not(test))]
+const QUEUE_BYTES_LIMIT: usize = 128 * 1024;
+/// Total user data size, beyound which the packet will be split into chunks. The chunks will be
+/// added to the pending queue one by one.
+const QUEUE_APPEND_LARGE: usize = (QUEUE_BYTES_LIMIT * 2) / 3;
+
 /// Basic queue for either ordered or unordered chunks.
 pub(crate) type PendingBaseQueue = VecDeque<ChunkPayloadData>;
 
-// TODO: benchmark performance between multiple Atomic+Mutex vs one Mutex<PendingQueueInternal>
-
 /// A queue for both ordered and unordered chunks.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct PendingQueue {
@@ -39,14 +49,6 @@ impl Default for PendingQueue {
     }
 }
 
-// Some tests push a lot of data before starting to process any data...
-#[cfg(test)]
-const QUEUE_BYTES_LIMIT: usize = 128 * 1024 * 1024;
-#[cfg(not(test))]
-const QUEUE_BYTES_LIMIT: usize = 128 * 1024;
-
-const QUEUE_APPEND_LARGE: usize = (QUEUE_BYTES_LIMIT * 2) / 3;
-
 impl PendingQueue {
     pub(crate) fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ impl PendingQueue {
         let user_data_len = c.user_data.len();
 
         {
-            let sem_lock = self.semaphore_lock.lock().await;
+            let _sem_lock = self.semaphore_lock.lock().await;
             let permits = self.semaphore.acquire_many(user_data_len as u32).await;
             // unwrap ok because we never close the semaphore unless we have dropped self
             permits.unwrap().forget();
@@ -78,7 +80,6 @@ impl PendingQueue {
                 let mut ordered_queue = self.ordered_queue.write();
                 ordered_queue.push_back(c);
             }
-            drop(sem_lock);
         }
 
         self.n_bytes.fetch_add(user_data_len, Ordering::SeqCst);
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ impl PendingQueue {
         if total_user_data_len >= QUEUE_APPEND_LARGE {
             self.append_large(chunks).await
         } else {
-            let sem_lock = self.semaphore_lock.lock().await;
+            let _sem_lock = self.semaphore_lock.lock().await;
             let permits = self
                 .semaphore
                 .acquire_many(total_user_data_len as u32)
@@ -108,14 +109,13 @@ impl PendingQueue {
             // unwrap ok because we never close the semaphore unless we have dropped self
             permits.unwrap().forget();
             self.append_unlimited(chunks, total_user_data_len);
-            drop(sem_lock);
         }
     }
 
     // If this is a very large message we append chunks one by one to allow progress while we are appending
     async fn append_large(&self, chunks: Vec<ChunkPayloadData>) {
         // lock this for the whole duration
-        let sem_lock = self.semaphore_lock.lock().await;
+        let _sem_lock = self.semaphore_lock.lock().await;
 
         for chunk in chunks.into_iter() {
             let user_data_len = chunk.user_data.len();
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ impl PendingQueue {
             self.n_bytes.fetch_add(user_data_len, Ordering::SeqCst);
             self.queue_len.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
         }
-
-        drop(sem_lock);
     }
 
     /// Assumes that A) enough permits have been acquired and forget from the semaphore and that the semaphore_lock is held
diff --git a/sctp/src/util.rs b/sctp/src/util.rs
index 9dc730cf9..259803aab 100644
--- a/sctp/src/util.rs
+++ b/sctp/src/util.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use crc::{Crc, CRC_32_ISCSI};
 
-const PADDING_MULTIPLE: usize = 4;
+pub(crate) const PADDING_MULTIPLE: usize = 4;
 
 pub(crate) fn get_padding_size(len: usize) -> usize {
     (PADDING_MULTIPLE - (len % PADDING_MULTIPLE)) % PADDING_MULTIPLE