diff --git a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
index 7648c7c02..04da09bf9 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ namespace aux {
 			port_filter const& get_port_filter() const override;
 			void ban_ip(address addr) override;
 
-			void queue_tracker_request(tracker_request& req
+			void queue_tracker_request(tracker_request&& req
 				, std::weak_ptr<request_callback> c) override;
 
 			// ==== peer class operations ====
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_interface.hpp b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_interface.hpp
index 3c7f6815e..b7a70634f 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_interface.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_interface.hpp
@@ -233,8 +233,11 @@ namespace aux {
 		virtual void apply_settings_pack(std::shared_ptr<settings_pack> pack) = 0;
 		virtual session_settings const& settings() const = 0;
 
-		virtual void queue_tracker_request(tracker_request& req
+		// the tracker request object must be moved in
+		virtual void queue_tracker_request(tracker_request&& req
 			, std::weak_ptr<request_callback> c) = 0;
+		void queue_tracker_request(tracker_request const& req
+			, std::weak_ptr<request_callback> c) = delete;
 
 		// peer-classes
 		virtual void set_peer_classes(peer_class_set* s, address const& a, int st) = 0;
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/tracker_manager.hpp b/include/libtorrent/tracker_manager.hpp
index e2192d3be..0b5a0f6be 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/tracker_manager.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/tracker_manager.hpp
@@ -357,9 +357,14 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 
 		void queue_request(
 			io_service& ios
-			, tracker_request r
+			, tracker_request&& r
 			, std::weak_ptr<request_callback> c
 				= std::weak_ptr<request_callback>());
+		void queue_request(
+			io_service& ios
+			, tracker_request const& r
+			, std::weak_ptr<request_callback> c
+				= std::weak_ptr<request_callback>()) = delete;
 		void abort_all_requests(bool all = false);
 
 		void remove_request(http_tracker_connection const* c);
diff --git a/src/session_impl.cpp b/src/session_impl.cpp
index 4558f8590..72ac186c8 100644
--- a/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ namespace aux {
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	void session_impl::queue_tracker_request(tracker_request& req
+	void session_impl::queue_tracker_request(tracker_request&& req
 		, std::weak_ptr<request_callback> c)
 	{
 #if TORRENT_USE_I2P
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ namespace aux {
 				use_ssl ? ssl_listen_port(ls) :
 #endif
 				listen_port(ls);
-			m_tracker_manager.queue_request(get_io_service(), req, c);
+			m_tracker_manager.queue_request(get_io_service(), std::move(req), c);
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -1071,7 +1071,8 @@ namespace aux {
 #ifdef TORRENT_USE_OPENSSL
 				if ((ls->ssl == transport::ssl) != use_ssl) continue;
 #endif
-				req.listen_port =
+				tracker_request socket_req(req);
+				socket_req.listen_port =
 #ifdef TORRENT_USE_OPENSSL
 				// SSL torrents use the SSL listen port
 					use_ssl ? ssl_listen_port(ls.get()) :
@@ -1080,9 +1081,9 @@ namespace aux {
 
 				// we combine the per-torrent key with the per-interface key to make
 				// them consistent and unique per torrent and interface
-				req.key ^= ls->tracker_key;
-				req.outgoing_socket = ls;
-				m_tracker_manager.queue_request(get_io_service(), req, c);
+				socket_req.key ^= ls->tracker_key;
+				socket_req.outgoing_socket = ls;
+				m_tracker_manager.queue_request(get_io_service(), std::move(socket_req), c);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index b0869bed4..9029861a4 100644
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -2919,12 +2919,12 @@ bool is_downloading_state(int const st)
 				if (m_abort && m_ses.should_log())
 				{
 					auto tl = std::make_shared<aux::tracker_logger>(m_ses);
-					m_ses.queue_tracker_request(req, tl);
+					m_ses.queue_tracker_request(tracker_request(req), tl);
 				}
 				else
 #endif
 				{
-					m_ses.queue_tracker_request(req, shared_from_this());
+					m_ses.queue_tracker_request(tracker_request(req), shared_from_this());
 				}
 
 				aep.updating = true;
@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ bool is_downloading_state(int const st)
 #endif
 		req.key = tracker_key();
 		req.triggered_manually = user_triggered;
-		m_ses.queue_tracker_request(req, shared_from_this());
+		m_ses.queue_tracker_request(std::move(req), shared_from_this());
 	}
 
 	void torrent::tracker_warning(tracker_request const& req, std::string const& msg)
diff --git a/src/tracker_manager.cpp b/src/tracker_manager.cpp
index 1f519c9cb..415ecf6be 100644
--- a/src/tracker_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/tracker_manager.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 
 	void tracker_manager::queue_request(
 		io_service& ios
-		, tracker_request req
+		, tracker_request&& req
 		, std::weak_ptr<request_callback> c)
 	{
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(is_single_thread());
@@ -278,14 +278,14 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 		if (protocol == "http")
 #endif
 		{
-			auto con = std::make_shared<http_tracker_connection>(ios, *this, req, c);
+			auto con = std::make_shared<http_tracker_connection>(ios, *this, std::move(req), c);
 			m_http_conns.push_back(con);
 			con->start();
 			return;
 		}
 		else if (protocol == "udp")
 		{
-			auto con = std::make_shared<udp_tracker_connection>(ios, *this, req, c);
+			auto con = std::make_shared<udp_tracker_connection>(ios, *this, std::move(req), c);
 			m_udp_conns[con->transaction_id()] = con;
 			con->start();
 			return;
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 
 		// we need to post the error to avoid deadlock
 		if (std::shared_ptr<request_callback> r = c.lock())
-			ios.post(std::bind(&request_callback::tracker_request_error, r, req
+			ios.post(std::bind(&request_callback::tracker_request_error, r, std::move(req)
 				, error_code(errors::unsupported_url_protocol)
 				, "", seconds32(0)));
 	}