diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6084d1a4d..14499ed79 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+	* fix issue where torrent_status::num_seeds could be negative
 	* document deprecation of dynamic loading/unloading of torrents
 	* include user-agent in tracker announces in anonymous_mode for private torrents
 	* add support for IPv6 peers from udp trackers
diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index eca8110d5..ded965319 100644
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -12235,7 +12235,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			st->pieces.resize(num_pieces, false);
 		}
 		st->num_pieces = num_have();
-		st->num_seeds = num_seeds() - int(m_num_connecting_seeds);
+		st->num_seeds = num_seeds();
 		if ((flags & torrent_handle::query_distributed_copies) && m_picker.get())
 		{
 			boost::tie(st->distributed_full_copies, st->distributed_fraction) =