diff --git a/src/piece_picker.cpp b/src/piece_picker.cpp
index 1d534f258..35b97b4df 100644
--- a/src/piece_picker.cpp
+++ b/src/piece_picker.cpp
@@ -1517,6 +1517,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			, end(m_downloads.end()); i != end; ++i)
 		{
 			if (!pieces[i->index]) continue;
+			if (piece_priority(i->index) == 0) continue;
 
 			int num_blocks_in_piece = blocks_in_piece(i->index);