Index: libtorrent/src/dht/dht_transaction.cc
===================================================================
--- libtorrent/src/dht/dht_transaction.cc	(revision 1060)
+++ libtorrent/src/dht/dht_transaction.cc	(working copy)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 namespace torrent {
 
 DhtSearch::DhtSearch(const HashString& target, const DhtBucket& contacts)
-  : base_type(dht_compare_closer(target)),
+  : base_type(dht_compare_closer(m_target = target)),
     m_pending(0),
     m_contacted(0),
     m_replied(0),
Index: libtorrent/src/dht/dht_transaction.h
===================================================================
--- libtorrent/src/dht/dht_transaction.h	(revision 1060)
+++ libtorrent/src/dht/dht_transaction.h	(working copy)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   const HashString&               target() const   { return m_target; }
 
   private:
-  HashString m_target;
+  const HashString&    m_target;
 };
 
 // DhtSearch contains a list of nodes sorted by closeness to the given target,
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
   bool                 start()                           { m_started = true; return m_pending; }
   bool                 complete() const                  { return m_started && !m_pending; }
 
-  const HashString&    target() const                    { return key_comp().target(); }
+  const HashString&    target() const                    { return m_target; }
 
   virtual bool         is_announce() const               { return false; }
 
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
   DhtSearch(const DhtSearch& s);
 
   bool                 node_uncontacted(const DhtNode* node) const;
+
+  HashString           m_target;
 };
 
 class DhtAnnounce : public DhtSearch {