client.go | 2 +-

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index fddddf4814964c6257a4111329d97e4c9960f108..620b4b62158b8e3d9487968ddb2887b9b64dbf46 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -1039,11 +1039,11 @@ 		storageOpener:       storageClient,
 		maxEstablishedConns: cl.config.EstablishedConnsPerTorrent,
 
 		networkingEnabled: true,
-		requestStrategy:   cl.config.DefaultRequestStrategy(t.requestStrategyCallbacks()),
 		metadataChanged: sync.Cond{
 			L: cl.locker(),
 		},
 	}
+	t.requestStrategy = cl.config.DefaultRequestStrategy(t.requestStrategyCallbacks())
 	t.logger = cl.logger.WithValues(t).WithText(func(m log.Msg) string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%v: %s", t, m.Text())
 	})