diff --git a/include/libtorrent/alert_types.hpp b/include/libtorrent/alert_types.hpp
index e8cd75245..f5eb1d156 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/alert_types.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/alert_types.hpp
@@ -667,9 +667,9 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 	struct TORRENT_EXPORT torrent_deleted_alert: torrent_alert
 	{
-		torrent_deleted_alert(torrent_handle const& h)
+		torrent_deleted_alert(torrent_handle const& h, sha1_hash const& ih)
 			: torrent_alert(h)
-		{ info_hash = h.info_hash(); }
+		{ info_hash = ih; }
 	
 		TORRENT_DEFINE_ALERT(torrent_deleted_alert);
 
diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index 8de096000..5dbfa192a 100644
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		else
 		{
 			if (alerts().should_post<torrent_deleted_alert>())
-				alerts().post_alert(torrent_deleted_alert(get_handle()));
+				alerts().post_alert(torrent_deleted_alert(get_handle(), m_torrent_file->info_hash()));
 		}
 	}