diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Global.cxx b/src/lib/curl/Global.cxx
index 4118d50ce..3111417e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Global.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Global.cxx
@@ -155,14 +155,11 @@ CurlSocket::OnSocketReady(unsigned flags) noexcept
 }
 
 void
-CurlGlobal::Add(CURL *easy, CurlRequest &request)
+CurlGlobal::Add(CurlRequest &r)
 {
 	assert(GetEventLoop().IsInside());
-	assert(easy != nullptr);
 
-	curl_easy_setopt(easy, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, &request);
-
-	CURLMcode mcode = curl_multi_add_handle(multi.Get(), easy);
+	CURLMcode mcode = curl_multi_add_handle(multi.Get(), r.Get());
 	if (mcode != CURLM_OK)
 		throw FormatRuntimeError("curl_multi_add_handle() failed: %s",
 					 curl_multi_strerror(mcode));
@@ -171,13 +168,11 @@ CurlGlobal::Add(CURL *easy, CurlRequest &request)
 }
 
 void
-CurlGlobal::Remove(CURL *easy) noexcept
+CurlGlobal::Remove(CurlRequest &r) noexcept
 {
 	assert(GetEventLoop().IsInside());
-	assert(easy != nullptr);
-
-	curl_multi_remove_handle(multi.Get(), easy);
 
+	curl_multi_remove_handle(multi.Get(), r.Get());
 	InvalidateSockets();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Global.hxx b/src/lib/curl/Global.hxx
index ede652cfe..0dc791893 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Global.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Global.hxx
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public:
 		return timeout_event.GetEventLoop();
 	}
 
-	void Add(CURL *easy, CurlRequest &request);
-	void Remove(CURL *easy) noexcept;
+	void Add(CurlRequest &r);
+	void Remove(CurlRequest &r) noexcept;
 
 	void Assign(curl_socket_t fd, CurlSocket &cs) noexcept {
 		curl_multi_assign(multi.Get(), fd, &cs);
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx b/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx
index 809ef6ce4..8e576cd24 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ CurlRequest::Start()
 {
 	assert(!registered);
 
-	global.Add(easy.Get(), *this);
+	global.Add(*this);
 	registered = true;
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ CurlRequest::Stop() noexcept
 	if (!registered)
 		return;
 
-	global.Remove(easy.Get());
+	global.Remove(*this);
 	registered = false;
 }