peerconn.go   | 8 ++++++++
 requesting.go | 5 +----

diff --git a/peerconn.go b/peerconn.go
index c7a4e8cfceddacfda1f16d4e3ff8296990e5f0a3..91ef37e601f27bf37a51b886f1658b88eb4f5d6f 100644
--- a/peerconn.go
+++ b/peerconn.go
@@ -585,6 +585,14 @@ 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (cn *Peer) mustRequest(r RequestIndex) bool {
+	more, err := cn.request(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return more
+}
+
 func (cn *Peer) request(r RequestIndex) (more bool, err error) {
 	if err := cn.shouldRequest(r); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/requesting.go b/requesting.go
index 462d681836e44a7d051ef8c535463614aa28fe56..adb1c51a102875ddcd400428c6e3f25e058fdd39 100644
--- a/requesting.go
+++ b/requesting.go
@@ -304,10 +304,7 @@ 			//	p.nominalMaxRequests(),
 			//)
 			break
 		}
-		more, err = p.request(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
+		more = p.mustRequest(req)
 		if !more {
 			break
 		}