client.go     | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 connection.go | 12 ------------

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 12f1997326880e09c9bb78d0cbf08fd4ca6e5626..51aaf193238a6504e4b87ffeadf7fd9618a087fb 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ 	defer nc.Close()
 	if tc, ok := nc.(*net.TCPConn); ok {
 		tc.SetLinger(0)
 	}
-	c := newConnection(nc, &cl.mu)
+	c := cl.newConnection(nc)
 	c.Discovery = peerSourceIncoming
 	c.uTP = utp
 	cl.runReceivedConn(c)
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
 // Performs initiator handshakes and returns a connection. Returns nil
 // *connection if no connection for valid reasons.
 func (cl *Client) handshakesConnection(nc net.Conn, t *Torrent, encrypted, utp bool) (c *connection, err error) {
-	c = newConnection(nc, &cl.mu)
+	c = cl.newConnection(nc)
 	c.encrypted = encrypted
 	c.uTP = utp
 	err = nc.SetDeadline(time.Now().Add(handshakesTimeout))
@@ -1573,3 +1573,15 @@ 		cl.badPeerIPs = make(map[string]struct{})
 	}
 	cl.badPeerIPs[ip.String()] = struct{}{}
 }
+
+func (cl *Client) newConnection(nc net.Conn) (c *connection) {
+	c = &connection{
+		conn: nc,
+
+		Choked:          true,
+		PeerChoked:      true,
+		PeerMaxRequests: 250,
+	}
+	c.setRW(connStatsReadWriter{nc, &cl.mu, c})
+	return
+}
diff --git a/connection.go b/connection.go
index a0b20f44b4cc1188aa9352f399161558bfc5a6ee..a61d42a444d7b67b49fbf4872680324843aafb11 100644
--- a/connection.go
+++ b/connection.go
@@ -106,18 +106,6 @@ func (cn *connection) mu() sync.Locker {
 	return &cn.t.cl.mu
 }
 
-func newConnection(nc net.Conn, l sync.Locker) (c *connection) {
-	c = &connection{
-		conn: nc,
-
-		Choked:          true,
-		PeerChoked:      true,
-		PeerMaxRequests: 250,
-	}
-	c.setRW(connStatsReadWriter{nc, l, c})
-	return
-}
-
 func (cn *connection) remoteAddr() net.Addr {
 	return cn.conn.RemoteAddr()
 }