diff --git a/crates/subspace-networking/src/utils/piece_provider.rs b/crates/subspace-networking/src/utils/piece_provider.rs
index 42b0451e24..5c5c877935 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-networking/src/utils/piece_provider.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-networking/src/utils/piece_provider.rs
@@ -647,6 +647,10 @@ where
                     if let Some(peers) = pieces_to_download.get_mut(&piece_index) {
                         peers.extend(Vec::from(closest_peers));
                     }
+
+                    // No need to ask this peer again if they didn't have the piece we expected, or
+                    // they claimed to have earlier
+                    continue;
                 }
             }