torrent.go | 3 +++

diff --git a/torrent.go b/torrent.go
index d606971dffca4d08b80c8c6738dfb66979db3b40..5f18df1f3e9bacfd9dc9707fdbb6a4fc66f16bb5 100644
--- a/torrent.go
+++ b/torrent.go
@@ -1408,6 +1408,9 @@ 	return
 }
 
 func (t *Torrent) assertPendingRequests() {
+	if !check {
+		return
+	}
 	var actual pendingRequests
 	if t.haveInfo() {
 		actual.m = make([]int, t.numRequests())