diff --git a/lib/replicator.js b/lib/replicator.js
index 10f5e9e4..b66fd5fd 100644
--- a/lib/replicator.js
+++ b/lib/replicator.js
@@ -920,6 +920,8 @@ class Peer {
   }
 
   _maybeWant (start, length = 1) {
+    if (start + length < this.remoteContiguousLength) return
+
     let i = Math.floor(start / DEFAULT_SEGMENT_SIZE)
     const n = Math.ceil((start + length) / DEFAULT_SEGMENT_SIZE)