diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 35d14b437..32f5991c2 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ void Session::generateResumeData(bool final)
 {
     foreach (TorrentHandle *const torrent, m_torrents) {
         if (!torrent->isValid()) continue;
-        if (torrent->isChecking()) continue;
+        if (torrent->isChecking() || torrent->isPaused()) continue;
         if (!final && !torrent->needSaveResumeData()) continue;
         if (torrent->hasMissingFiles() || torrent->hasError()) continue;