diff --git a/src/session_impl.cpp b/src/session_impl.cpp
index 7082a5792..5b348b26c 100755
--- a/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ namespace detail
 		}
 
 		// don't allow more connections than the max setting
-		if (m_connections.size() > max_connections())
+		if (num_connections() > max_connections())
 		{
 #if defined(TORRENT_VERBOSE_LOGGING) || defined(TORRENT_LOGGING)
 			(*m_logger) << "number of connections limit exceeded (conns: "