diff --git a/include/libtorrent/bandwidth_manager.hpp b/include/libtorrent/bandwidth_manager.hpp
index 0a4b42a40..f4a01665f 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/bandwidth_manager.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/bandwidth_manager.hpp
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ struct bandwidth_manager
 		typename queue_t::const_iterator j = m_queue.begin();
 		if (j != m_queue.end())
 		{
+			bytes += j->max_block_size;
 			++j;
 			for (typename queue_t::const_iterator i = m_queue.begin()
 				, end(m_queue.end()); i != end && j != end; ++i, ++j)