diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 68b68e061..75c2b5cfc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+	* fix bug in last-seen-complete
 	* remove file size limit in torrent_info filename constructor
 	* fix tail-padding for last file in create_torrent
 	* don't send user-agent in metadata http downloads or UPnP requests when
diff --git a/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp b/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp
index cd55acb8d..d99f9905c 100644
--- a/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// there should be a version too
 		// but where do we put that info?
 
-		int last_seen_complete = boost::uint8_t(root.dict_find_int_value("complete_ago", -1));
+		int const last_seen_complete = root.dict_find_int_value("complete_ago", -1);
 		if (last_seen_complete >= 0) set_last_seen_complete(last_seen_complete);
 
 		std::string client_info = root.dict_find_string_value("v");