diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/kademlia/node.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/kademlia/node.hpp
index 085cd426..123f87c7 100644
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/kademlia/node.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/kademlia/node.hpp
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ struct torrent_entry
 struct dht_storage_item
 {
     // FIXME: optimize so bdecode is not needed all the time
-    dht_storage_item() : p(), sig_p(), sig_user(), local_add_time(0), confirmed(false), next_refresh_time(0) {}
+    dht_storage_item() : p(), sig_p(), sig_user(), local_add_time(0), confirmed(true), next_refresh_time(0) {}
     dht_storage_item(std::string const &_p, lazy_entry const *_sig_p, lazy_entry const *_sig_user)
         : p(_p), sig_p(_sig_p->string_value()), sig_user(_sig_user->string_value()),
-          local_add_time(0), confirmed(false), next_refresh_time(0) {}
+          local_add_time(0), confirmed(true), next_refresh_time(0) {}
     dht_storage_item(std::string const &_p, std::string const &_sig_p, std::string const &_sig_user)
-        : p(_p), sig_p(_sig_p), sig_user(_sig_user), local_add_time(0), confirmed(false), next_refresh_time(0) {}
+        : p(_p), sig_p(_sig_p), sig_user(_sig_user), local_add_time(0), confirmed(true), next_refresh_time(0) {}
         std::string p;
         std::string sig_p;
         std::string sig_user;
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/kademlia/node.cpp b/libtorrent/src/kademlia/node.cpp
index 09006ab6..ac3d3ed8 100644
--- a/libtorrent/src/kademlia/node.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/kademlia/node.cpp
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ void node_impl::putDataSigned(std::string const &username, std::string const &re
     
             dht_storage_item item(str_p, sig_p, sig_user);
             item.local_add_time = time(NULL);
+            item.confirmed = false;
             std::vector<char> vbuf;
             bencode(std::back_inserter(vbuf), p["v"]);
             std::pair<char const*, int> bufv = std::make_pair(vbuf.data(), vbuf.size());
@@ -749,9 +750,6 @@ void node_impl::load_storage(entry const* e) {
             entry const *confirmed( j->find_key("confirmed") );
             if(confirmed) {
                 item.confirmed = (bool) confirmed->integer();
-            } else {
-                // compatibility with twister 0.9.22 and below
-                item.confirmed = true;
             }
 
             // just for printf for now