client.go           | 2 ++
 request-strategy.go | 3 ++-

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 3e899549d7c5c1215791c653918213a6a22cbb55..e5915c1f4f7597ced2d752eb1056bd234fa7ab24 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
 	websocketTrackers websocketTrackers
 
 	activeAnnounceLimiter limiter.Instance
+
+	pieceRequestOrder clientPieceRequestOrder
 }
 
 type ipStr string
diff --git a/request-strategy.go b/request-strategy.go
index c373be7abe9416833594be4f37e4f478d7477b50..4bce332168ddd2c717b8061d3da9ecf055adfd79 100644
--- a/request-strategy.go
+++ b/request-strategy.go
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ 	}
 }
 
 func (cl *Client) doRequests() {
-	requestOrder := clientPieceRequestOrder{}
+	requestOrder := &cl.pieceRequestOrder
+	requestOrder.pieces = requestOrder.pieces[:0]
 	allPeers := make(map[*Torrent][]*Peer)
 	// Storage capacity left for this run, keyed by the storage capacity pointer on the storage
 	// TorrentImpl.