diff --git a/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp b/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp
index a377d454e..eeb40e478 100755
--- a/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		buffer::const_interval recv_buffer = receive_buffer();
 
 		bitfield bits;
-		bits.borrow_bytes((char*)recv_buffer.begin
+		bits.borrow_bytes((char*)recv_buffer.begin + 1
 			, t->valid_metadata()?get_bitfield().size():(packet_size()-1)*8);
 		
 		incoming_bitfield(bits);