diff --git a/libtransmission/metainfo.c b/libtransmission/metainfo.c
index 380522eda..3048f2f13 100644
--- a/libtransmission/metainfo.c
+++ b/libtransmission/metainfo.c
@@ -60,11 +60,12 @@ static char*
 getOldTorrentFilename( const tr_session * session, const tr_info * inf )
 {
     int i;
-    const char * tags[] = { "beos", "cli", "daemon", "gtk", "macosx", "wx" };
-    const int tagCount = 6;
     char * path;
     struct stat sb;
+    const int tagCount = 5;
+    const char * tags[] = { "beos", "cli", "daemon", "macosx", "wx" };
 
+    /* test the beos, cli, daemon, macosx, wx tags */
     for( i=0; i<tagCount; ++i ) {
         path = tr_strdup_printf( "%s%c%s-%s", tr_getTorrentDir( session ), '/', inf->hashString, tags[i] );
         if( !stat( path, &sb ) && ( ( sb.st_mode & S_IFMT ) == S_IFREG ) )
@@ -72,12 +73,16 @@ getOldTorrentFilename( const tr_session * session, const tr_info * inf )
         tr_free( path );
     }
 
+    /* test a non-tagged file */
     path = tr_buildPath( tr_getTorrentDir( session ), inf->hashString, NULL );
     if( !stat( path, &sb ) && ( ( sb.st_mode & S_IFMT ) == S_IFREG ) )
         return path;
     tr_free( path );
 
-    return NULL;
+    /* return the -gtk form by default, since that's the most common case.
+       don't bother testing stat() on it since this is the last candidate
+       and we don't want to return NULL anyway */
+    return tr_strdup_printf( "%s%c%s-%s", tr_getTorrentDir( session ), '/', inf->hashString, "gtk" );
 }
 
 /* this is for really old versions of T and will probably be removed someday */