client.go     | 2 +-
 conn_stats.go | 4 ++++

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 1091070e81781f45dd818654cc5209a336d08335..c4278582ac7dcadf9b857060d9eedf68189a0976 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ 	}
 	piece := d["piece"]
 	switch msgType {
 	case pp.DataMetadataExtensionMsgType:
+		c.allStats(add(1, func(cs *ConnStats) *Count { return &cs.MetadataChunksRead }))
 		if !c.requestedMetadataPiece(piece) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("got unexpected piece %d", piece)
 		}
@@ -899,7 +900,6 @@ 		if begin < 0 || begin >= len(payload) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("data has bad offset in payload: %d", begin)
 		}
 		t.saveMetadataPiece(piece, payload[begin:])
-		c.allStats(add(1, func(cs *ConnStats) *Count { return &cs.ChunksReadUseful }))
 		c.lastUsefulChunkReceived = time.Now()
 		return t.maybeCompleteMetadata()
 	case pp.RequestMetadataExtensionMsgType:
diff --git a/conn_stats.go b/conn_stats.go
index 2f1a50300ee92557342b212be54e2e8722f05b69..a691fb342f24bbe30fac479840097c8901e5dd5c 100644
--- a/conn_stats.go
+++ b/conn_stats.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ 	ChunksRead       Count
 	ChunksReadUseful Count
 	ChunksReadWasted Count
 
+	MetadataChunksRead Count
+
 	// Number of pieces data was written to, that subsequently passed verification.
 	PiecesDirtiedGood Count
 	// Number of pieces data was written to, that subsequently failed
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ 	}
 }
 
 func (cs *ConnStats) readMsg(msg *pp.Message) {
+	// We want to also handle extended metadata pieces here, but we wouldn't
+	// have decoded the extended payload yet.
 	switch msg.Type {
 	case pp.Piece:
 		cs.ChunksRead.Add(1)