diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
index 4ad84d2592bb6a2d170b263d5aae9d02ccdc44c7..33f4eb15d12bd9c80d4eb81f2a5cabcb69aebe4e 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class NTCPConnection implements FIFOBandwidthLimiter.CompleteListener {
     private final byte _meta[] = new byte[META_SIZE];
     private boolean _sendingMeta;
     /** how many consecutive sends were failed due to (estimated) send queue time */
-    private int _consecutiveBacklog;
+    //private int _consecutiveBacklog;
     private long _nextInfoTime;
     
     /*
@@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ class NTCPConnection implements FIFOBandwidthLimiter.CompleteListener {
     /** @return milliseconds */
     public long getTimeSinceCreated() { return System.currentTimeMillis()-_created; }
 
-    public int getConsecutiveBacklog() { return _consecutiveBacklog; }
-     
     /**
      *  workaround for EventPumper
      *  @since 0.8.12
@@ -367,6 +365,8 @@ class NTCPConnection implements FIFOBandwidthLimiter.CompleteListener {
     }
 ****/
 
+    public boolean isBacklogged() { return _outbound.isBacklogged(); }
+     
     public boolean tooBacklogged() {
         //long queueTime = queueTime();
         //if (queueTime <= 0) return false;
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPTransport.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPTransport.java
index d49642ad748506c95b944466dc24ff0b27a2ff3a..fde13148cf853e10b8c810f47dd5c92796cf96b2 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPTransport.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPTransport.java
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ public class NTCPTransport extends TransportImpl {
             long outQueue = con.getOutboundQueueSize();
             buf.append("</td><td class=\"cells\" align=\"center\">").append(outQueue);
             buf.append("</td><td class=\"cells\" align=\"center\">");
-            if (con.getConsecutiveBacklog() > 0)
+            if (con.isBacklogged())
                 buf.append("&#x2713;");
             else
                 buf.append("&nbsp;");