diff --git a/src/tribler/core/libtorrent/restapi/torrentinfo_endpoint.py b/src/tribler/core/libtorrent/restapi/torrentinfo_endpoint.py
index f6fdd2097..1567880c0 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/libtorrent/restapi/torrentinfo_endpoint.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/libtorrent/restapi/torrentinfo_endpoint.py
@@ -207,8 +207,9 @@ async def get_torrent_info(self, request: Request) -> RESTResponse:  # noqa: C90
         self.download_manager.notifier.notify(Notification.torrent_metadata_added, metadata=metadata_dict)
 
         download = self.download_manager.downloads.get(metadata_dict["infohash"])
-        metainfo_request = self.download_manager.metainfo_requests.get(metadata_dict["infohash"], [None])[0]
-        download_is_metainfo_request = download == metainfo_request
+        metainfo_lookup = self.download_manager.metainfo_requests.get(metadata_dict["infohash"])
+        metainfo_download = metainfo_lookup.download if metainfo_lookup else None
+        download_is_metainfo_request = download == metainfo_download
 
         # Check if the torrent is already in the downloads
         encoded_metainfo = deepcopy(metainfo)
diff --git a/src/tribler/test_unit/core/libtorrent/restapi/test_torrentinfo_endpoint.py b/src/tribler/test_unit/core/libtorrent/restapi/test_torrentinfo_endpoint.py
index 8050ee21e..c4b224da8 100644
--- a/src/tribler/test_unit/core/libtorrent/restapi/test_torrentinfo_endpoint.py
+++ b/src/tribler/test_unit/core/libtorrent/restapi/test_torrentinfo_endpoint.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from ipv8.test.base import TestBase
 
 import tribler
+from tribler.core.libtorrent.download_manager.download_manager import MetainfoLookup
 from tribler.core.libtorrent.restapi.torrentinfo_endpoint import TorrentInfoEndpoint, recursive_unicode
 from tribler.core.libtorrent.torrentdef import TorrentDef, TorrentDefNoMetainfo
 from tribler.core.restapi.rest_endpoint import HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
@@ -479,7 +480,8 @@ async def test_get_torrent_info_valid_metainfo_request(self) -> None:
         Test if a valid metainfo request has its info returned correctly.
         """
         tdef = TorrentDef().load_from_memory(TORRENT_WITH_DIRS_CONTENT)
-        self.download_manager.metainfo_requests = {tdef.infohash: [self.download_manager.downloads.get(tdef.infohash)]}
+        download = self.download_manager.downloads.get(tdef.infohash)
+        self.download_manager.metainfo_requests = {tdef.infohash: MetainfoLookup(download, 1)}
         with patch("tribler.core.libtorrent.torrentdef.TorrentDef.load", AsyncMock(return_value=tdef)):
             response = await self.endpoint.get_torrent_info(GetTorrentInfoRequest({"hops": 0, "uri": "file://"}))
         response_body_json = await response_to_json(response)