diff --git a/crates/udp/src/config.rs b/crates/udp/src/config.rs
index 81580bf..ee2ef45 100644
--- a/crates/udp/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/udp/src/config.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ impl StatisticsConfig {
             }
         }
     }
+    /// Skip info-hash collection if not required by the configuration
+    pub fn collect_info_hash(&self) -> bool {
+        (self.interval != 0) & (self.write_json_to_file | self.write_bin_to_file)
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for StatisticsConfig {
diff --git a/crates/udp/src/swarm.rs b/crates/udp/src/swarm.rs
index b255cbe..cd0a51d 100644
--- a/crates/udp/src/swarm.rs
+++ b/crates/udp/src/swarm.rs
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ impl<I: Ip> TorrentMapShards<I> {
 
             total_num_torrents += torrent_map_shard.len();
 
-            if config.statistics.write_json_to_file {
+            if config.statistics.collect_info_hash() {
                 info_hashes.reserve(total_num_torrents);
                 for (k, _) in torrent_map_shard.iter() {
                     info_hashes.push(*k)