diff --git a/include/libtorrent/web_peer_connection.hpp b/include/libtorrent/web_peer_connection.hpp
index 7fc626e87..5c610ac4d 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/web_peer_connection.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/web_peer_connection.hpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		void on_receive(error_code const& error
 			, std::size_t bytes_transferred);
 			
-		std::string const& url() const { return m_original_url; }
+		std::string const& url() const { return m_url; }
 		
 		virtual void get_specific_peer_info(peer_info& p) const;
 		virtual void disconnect(error_code const& ec, int error = 0);
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		std::deque<int> m_file_requests;
 
 		std::string m_url;
-		std::string m_original_url;
 			
 		// this is used for intermediate storage of pieces
 		// that are received in more than one HTTP response
diff --git a/src/web_peer_connection.cpp b/src/web_peer_connection.cpp
index 23a1f3521..a516e150d 100644
--- a/src/web_peer_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/web_peer_connection.cpp
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 						+ (" " + m_parser.message());
 					if (m_ses.m_alerts.should_post<url_seed_alert>())
 					{
-						m_ses.m_alerts.post_alert(url_seed_alert(t->get_handle(), url()
+						m_ses.m_alerts.post_alert(url_seed_alert(t->get_handle(), m_url
 							, error_msg));
 					}
 					m_statistics.received_bytes(0, bytes_transferred);