diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/BandwidthLimitedInputStream.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/BandwidthLimitedInputStream.java
index 2921e1e7f..8afea798f 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/BandwidthLimitedInputStream.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/BandwidthLimitedInputStream.java
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ public class BandwidthLimitedInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
         super(source);
         _context = context;
         _peer = peer;
-        _peerSource = peer.getHash().toBase64();
+        if (peer != null)
+            _peerSource = peer.getHash().toBase64();
         _pullFromOutbound = pullFromOutbound;
     }