diff --git a/src/peerlistwidget.cpp b/src/peerlistwidget.cpp
index 848543933..cecdf2218 100644
--- a/src/peerlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/peerlistwidget.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void PeerListWidget::limitUpRateSelectedPeers(QStringList peer_ips) {
   QTorrentHandle h = properties->getCurrentTorrent();
   if(!h.is_valid()) return;
   bool ok=false;
-  long limit = SpeedLimitDialog::askSpeedLimit(&ok, tr("Upload rate limiting"), -1);
+  long limit = SpeedLimitDialog::askSpeedLimit(&ok, tr("Upload rate limiting"), -1, Preferences::getGlobalUploadLimit()*1024.);
   if(!ok) return;
   foreach(const QString &ip, peer_ips) {
     libtorrent::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint ep = peerEndpoints.value(ip, libtorrent::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint());
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void PeerListWidget::limitDlRateSelectedPeers(QStringList peer_ips) {
   QTorrentHandle h = properties->getCurrentTorrent();
   if(!h.is_valid()) return;
   bool ok=false;
-  long limit = SpeedLimitDialog::askSpeedLimit(&ok, tr("Download rate limiting"), -1);
+  long limit = SpeedLimitDialog::askSpeedLimit(&ok, tr("Download rate limiting"), -1, Preferences::getGlobalDownloadLimit()*1024.);
   if(!ok) return;
   foreach(const QString &ip, peer_ips) {
     libtorrent::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint ep = peerEndpoints.value(ip, libtorrent::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint());