diff --git a/src/session_impl.cpp b/src/session_impl.cpp
index 0fbda049f..9b1896253 100644
--- a/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -5466,8 +5466,7 @@ retry:
 		// if peer connections are set up to be received over a socks
 		// proxy, and it's the same one as we're using for the tracker
 		// just tell the tracker the socks5 port we're listening on
-		if (m_socks_listen_socket && m_socks_listen_socket->is_open()
-			&& m_proxy.hostname == m_proxy.hostname)
+		if (m_socks_listen_socket && m_socks_listen_socket->is_open())
 			return m_socks_listen_port;
 
 		// if not, don't tell the tracker anything if we're in force_proxy