diff --git a/src/base/addtorrentmanager.cpp b/src/base/addtorrentmanager.cpp
index a4bfe8047..ce446a72b 100644
--- a/src/base/addtorrentmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/addtorrentmanager.cpp
@@ -195,11 +195,9 @@ void AddTorrentManager::setTorrentFileGuard(const QString &source, std::shared_p
     m_guardedTorrentFiles.emplace(source, std::move(torrentFileGuard));
 }
 
-void AddTorrentManager::releaseTorrentFileGuard(const QString &source)
+std::shared_ptr<TorrentFileGuard> AddTorrentManager::releaseTorrentFileGuard(const QString &source)
 {
-    auto torrentFileGuard = m_guardedTorrentFiles.take(source);
-    if (torrentFileGuard)
-        torrentFileGuard->setAutoRemove(false);
+    return m_guardedTorrentFiles.take(source);
 }
 
 bool AddTorrentManager::processTorrent(const QString &source, const BitTorrent::TorrentDescriptor &torrentDescr
diff --git a/src/base/addtorrentmanager.h b/src/base/addtorrentmanager.h
index 9f1f61039..0e2fc6f49 100644
--- a/src/base/addtorrentmanager.h
+++ b/src/base/addtorrentmanager.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ protected:
     void handleAddTorrentFailed(const QString &source, const QString &reason);
     void handleDuplicateTorrent(const QString &source, const BitTorrent::TorrentDescriptor &torrentDescr, BitTorrent::Torrent *existingTorrent);
     void setTorrentFileGuard(const QString &source, std::shared_ptr<TorrentFileGuard> torrentFileGuard);
-    void releaseTorrentFileGuard(const QString &source);
+    std::shared_ptr<TorrentFileGuard> releaseTorrentFileGuard(const QString &source);
 
 private:
     void onDownloadFinished(const Net::DownloadResult &result);
diff --git a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
index 11b083c3e..7a048b218 100644
--- a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
@@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::reject()
     if (!m_currentContext) [[unlikely]]
         return;
 
+    emit torrentRejected(m_currentContext->torrentDescr);
+
     const BitTorrent::TorrentDescriptor &torrentDescr = m_currentContext->torrentDescr;
     const bool hasMetadata = torrentDescr.info().has_value();
     if (!hasMetadata)
diff --git a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.h b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.h
index f81bd305b..bc530953b 100644
--- a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.h
+++ b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public:
 
 signals:
     void torrentAccepted(const BitTorrent::TorrentDescriptor &torrentDescriptor, const BitTorrent::AddTorrentParams &addTorrentParams);
+    void torrentRejected(const BitTorrent::TorrentDescriptor &torrentDescriptor);
 
 private slots:
     void updateDiskSpaceLabel();
diff --git a/src/gui/guiaddtorrentmanager.cpp b/src/gui/guiaddtorrentmanager.cpp
index c99d4afce..d600a4e17 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiaddtorrentmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/guiaddtorrentmanager.cpp
@@ -235,15 +235,22 @@ bool GUIAddTorrentManager::processTorrent(const QString &source
     dlg->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
     m_dialogs[infoHash] = dlg;
     connect(dlg, &AddNewTorrentDialog::torrentAccepted, this
-            , [this, source](const BitTorrent::TorrentDescriptor &torrentDescr, const BitTorrent::AddTorrentParams &addTorrentParams)
-    {
-        addTorrentToSession(source, torrentDescr, addTorrentParams);
-    });
-    connect(dlg, &QDialog::finished, this, [this, source, infoHash, dlg]
+            , [this, source, dlg](const BitTorrent::TorrentDescriptor &torrentDescr, const BitTorrent::AddTorrentParams &addTorrentParams)
     {
         if (dlg->isDoNotDeleteTorrentChecked())
-            releaseTorrentFileGuard(source);
+        {
+            if (auto torrentFileGuard = releaseTorrentFileGuard(source))
+                torrentFileGuard->setAutoRemove(false);
+        }
 
+        addTorrentToSession(source, torrentDescr, addTorrentParams);
+    });
+    connect(dlg, &AddNewTorrentDialog::torrentRejected, this, [this, source]
+    {
+        releaseTorrentFileGuard(source);
+    });
+    connect(dlg, &QDialog::finished, this, [this, source, infoHash]
+    {
         m_dialogs.remove(infoHash);
     });