diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9b2c8979e..d4b965855 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 	  incoming connection
 	* added more detailed instrumentation of the disk I/O thread
 
+	* fixed bug on windows when verifying resume data for a torrent where
+	  one of its directories had been removed
 	* fixed race condition in peer-list with DHT
 	* fix force-reannounce and tracker retry issue
 
diff --git a/src/storage.cpp b/src/storage.cpp
index 71f744864..7380af66e 100644
--- a/src/storage.cpp
+++ b/src/storage.cpp
@@ -2479,6 +2479,7 @@ ret:
 		{
 			if (m_storage->error()
 #ifdef TORRENT_WINDOWS
+				&& m_storage->error() != error_code(ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND, get_system_category())
 				&& m_storage->error() != error_code(ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, get_system_category())
 				&& m_storage->error() != error_code(ERROR_HANDLE_EOF, get_system_category())
 				&& m_storage->error() != error_code(ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE, get_system_category()))