diff --git a/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp b/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
index 2c9639363..00faf1c6b 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
@@ -1481,10 +1481,11 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// its value until the piece picker is created
 		bool m_sequential_download:1;
 
-		// is false by default and set to
-		// true when the first tracker reponse
-		// is received
-		bool m_got_tracker_response:1;
+		// this is set if the auto_sequential setting is true and this swarm
+		// satisfies the criteria to be considered high-availability. i.e. if
+		// there's mostly seeds in the swarm, download the files sequentially
+		// for improved disk I/O performance.
+		bool m_auto_sequential:1;
 
 		// this means we haven't verified the file content
 		// of the files we're seeding. the m_verified bitfield
@@ -1561,11 +1562,11 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// set to true if the session IP filter applies to this
 		// torrent or not. Defaults to true.
 		bool m_apply_ip_filter:1;
-		
+
 		// if set to true, add tracker URLs loaded from resume
 		// data into this torrent instead of replacing them
 		bool m_merge_resume_trackers:1;
-		
+
 // ----
 
 		// the number of bytes of padding files
@@ -1663,12 +1664,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// at high enough rates, it's inactive.
 		bool m_inactive:1;
 
-		// this is set if the auto_sequential setting is true and this swarm
-		// satisfies the criteria to be considered high-availability. i.e. if
-		// there's mostly seeds in the swarm, download the files sequentially
-		// for improved disk I/O performance.
-		bool m_auto_sequential:1;
-
 // ----
 
 		// the scrape data from the tracker response, this
diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index 17c3c5fdd..fa35d0c4b 100644
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		, m_last_working_tracker(-1)
 		, m_finished_time(0)
 		, m_sequential_download(false)
-		, m_got_tracker_response(false)
+		, m_auto_sequential(false)
 		, m_seed_mode(false)
 		, m_super_seeding(false)
 		, m_override_resume_data((p.flags & add_torrent_params::flag_override_resume_data) != 0)
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		, m_current_gauge_state(no_gauge_state)
 		, m_moving_storage(false)
 		, m_inactive(false)
-		, m_auto_sequential(false)
 		, m_downloaded(0xffffff)
 		, m_last_scrape((std::numeric_limits<boost::int16_t>::min)())
 		, m_progress_ppm(0)
@@ -3565,7 +3564,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 #endif
 				, r.url);
 		}
-		m_got_tracker_response = true;
 
 		// we're listening on an interface type that was not used
 		// when talking to the tracker. If there is a matching interface