diff --git a/src/session_impl.cpp b/src/session_impl.cpp
index 89340964b..e8b34c9bb 100755
--- a/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -1566,13 +1566,6 @@ namespace aux {
 		m_queued_for_checking.pop_front();
 		if (!m_queued_for_checking.empty())
 			m_queued_for_checking.front()->start_checking();
-
-		if (m_alerts.should_post(alert::info))
-		{
-			m_alerts.post_alert(torrent_checked_alert(
-				t->get_handle()
-				, "torrent finished checking"));
-		}
 	}
 
 	torrent_handle session_impl::add_torrent(
diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index eb22adcbf..48a466a9c 100755
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -2991,6 +2991,14 @@ namespace libtorrent
 #endif
 			}
 		}
+
+		if (m_ses.m_alerts.should_post(alert::info))
+		{
+			m_ses.m_alerts.post_alert(torrent_checked_alert(
+				get_handle()
+				, "torrent finished checking"));
+		}
+		
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 		m_files_checked = true;
 #endif