peerconn.go | 5 +++--

diff --git a/peerconn.go b/peerconn.go
index d344556c1c4c021cba75f2166e4f37380e63a921..adb60319a6c6110f6dadfac3d686cabcdcc977b9 100644
--- a/peerconn.go
+++ b/peerconn.go
@@ -1160,8 +1160,9 @@ 	}
 }
 
 func (c *peer) remoteRejectedRequest(r request) {
-	c.deleteRequest(r)
-	c.decExpectedChunkReceive(r)
+	if c.deleteRequest(r) {
+		c.decExpectedChunkReceive(r)
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *peer) decExpectedChunkReceive(r request) {