diff -urN a/deluge/core/torrentmanager.py b/deluge/core/torrentmanager.py
--- a/deluge/core/torrentmanager.py	2021-04-21 12:44:14.000000000 +0200
+++ b/deluge/core/torrentmanager.py	2021-07-20 19:38:41.819231547 +0200
@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@
                 tid
                 for tid, t in self.torrents.items()
                 if t.handle.need_save_resume_data()
+                if t.has_metadata
             )
 
         def on_torrent_resume_save(dummy_result, torrent_id):