diff --git a/libtorrent/src/peer_connection.cpp b/libtorrent/src/peer_connection.cpp
index 90cedf5b7..95dda99f9 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/peer_connection.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/peer_connection.cpp
@@ -1220,7 +1220,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 				t->get_policy().peer_is_interesting(*this);
 
 			disconnect_if_redundant();
-			if (is_disconnecting()) return;
 
 			return;
 		}