diff --git a/src/DownloadCommand.cc b/src/DownloadCommand.cc
index 2db41e46..f49eb807 100644
--- a/src/DownloadCommand.cc
+++ b/src/DownloadCommand.cc
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ void DownloadCommand::checkLowestDownloadSpeed() const
           startupIdleTime_) {
     int nowSpeed = peerStat_->calculateDownloadSpeed();
     if (nowSpeed <= lowestDownloadSpeedLimit_) {
-      throw DL_ABORT_EX2(fmt(EX_TOO_SLOW_DOWNLOAD_SPEED, nowSpeed,
+      throw DL_RETRY_EX2(fmt(EX_TOO_SLOW_DOWNLOAD_SPEED, nowSpeed,
                              lowestDownloadSpeedLimit_,
                              getRequest()->getHost().c_str()),
                          error_code::TOO_SLOW_DOWNLOAD_SPEED);