diff --git a/src/RequestGroup.cc b/src/RequestGroup.cc
index 4f7a8f9c..2b3e1410 100644
--- a/src/RequestGroup.cc
+++ b/src/RequestGroup.cc
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ void RequestGroup::releaseRuntimeResource(DownloadEngine* e)
   }
   // Don't reset segmentMan_ and pieceStorage_ here to provide
   // progress information via RPC
-  progressInfoFile_.reset();
+  progressInfoFile_ = std::make_shared<NullProgressInfoFile>();
   downloadContext_->releaseRuntimeResource();
 }