diff --git a/reader.go b/reader.go
index a6a5bc61..8610910d 100644
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package torrent
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -230,6 +231,15 @@ func (r *reader) readOnceAt(b []byte, pos int64, ctxErr *error) (n int, err erro
 		if !r.t.updatePieceCompletion(firstPieceIndex) {
 			r.log(log.Fstr("piece %d completion unchanged", firstPieceIndex))
 		}
+		// Update the rest of the piece completions in the readahead window, without alerting to
+		// changes (since only the first piece, the one above, could have generated the read error
+		// we're currently handling).
+		if r.pieces.begin != firstPieceIndex {
+			panic(fmt.Sprint(r.pieces.begin, firstPieceIndex))
+		}
+		for index := r.pieces.begin + 1; index < r.pieces.end; index++ {
+			r.t.updatePieceCompletion(index)
+		}
 		r.t.cl.unlock()
 	}
 }