diff --git a/libtransmission/webseed.cc b/libtransmission/webseed.cc
index fb89eaa05..1a33730da 100644
--- a/libtransmission/webseed.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/webseed.cc
@@ -452,9 +452,6 @@ void onPartialDataFetched(tr_web::FetchResponse const& web_response)
     bool const success = status == 206;
 
     auto* const task = static_cast<tr_webseed_task*>(vtask);
-    auto* const webseed = task->webseed;
-
-    webseed->connection_limiter.taskFinished(success);
 
     if (task->dead)
     {
@@ -462,6 +459,9 @@ void onPartialDataFetched(tr_web::FetchResponse const& web_response)
         return;
     }
 
+    auto* const webseed = task->webseed;
+    webseed->connection_limiter.taskFinished(success);
+
     if (auto const* const tor = webseed->getTorrent(); tor == nullptr)
     {
         return;