diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/libtorrent/download_manager/download_manager.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/libtorrent/download_manager/download_manager.py
index ce85c1bd002..9c4ecfe2a4a 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/libtorrent/download_manager/download_manager.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/libtorrent/download_manager/download_manager.py
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ async def get_metainfo(self, infohash, timeout=30, hops=None, url=None):
             self.metainfo_requests[infohash][1] -= 1
             if self.metainfo_requests[infohash][1] <= 0:
                 await self.remove_download(download, remove_content=True)
-                self.metainfo_requests.pop(infohash)
+                self.metainfo_requests.pop(infohash, None)
 
         return metainfo