diff --git a/src/storage.cpp b/src/storage.cpp
index 3de0c3e25..5c076a26e 100755
--- a/src/storage.cpp
+++ b/src/storage.cpp
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 				}
    
 				int index = int(i->integer());
-				if (index != slot)
+				if (index != slot && index >= 0)
 				{
 					error = "invalid slot index";
 					return check_no_fastresume(error);