diff --git a/src/or/bridges.c b/src/or/bridges.c
index 461f86260f..0d4549dd16 100644
--- a/src/or/bridges.c
+++ b/src/or/bridges.c
@@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ bridge_add_from_config(bridge_line_t *bridge_line)
   b->fetch_status.schedule = DL_SCHED_BRIDGE;
   b->fetch_status.backoff = DL_SCHED_RANDOM_EXPONENTIAL;
   b->fetch_status.increment_on = DL_SCHED_INCREMENT_ATTEMPT;
-  /* This will fail if UseBridges is not set */
-  download_status_reset(&b->fetch_status);
+  /* This will fail if UseBridges is not set -- and it does. */
+  // download_status_reset(&b->fetch_status);
   b->socks_args = bridge_line->socks_args;
   if (!bridge_list)
     bridge_list = smartlist_new();