peerconn.go | 2 +-

diff --git a/peerconn.go b/peerconn.go
index 1b585233eb8b6b982abf26659c40469cca4a36f0..cf9ace9ddd31c72dda109d60a9f1248c1eb89dd2 100644
--- a/peerconn.go
+++ b/peerconn.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ 	}
 }
 
 func (cn *Peer) expectingChunks() bool {
-	return cn.interested && !cn.peerChoking
+	return len(cn.requests) != 0 && !cn.peerChoking
 }
 
 // Returns true if the connection is over IPv6.