diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0275953350..d708ed77b0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ Changes in version 0.1.2.7-alpha - 2007-??-??
       instead, only add it the OR connection that will eventually receive it
       has some room for it.  (This can lead to slowdowns in tunneled dir
       connectinos; a better solution will have to wait for 0.2.0.)
+    - If the user asks to use invalid exit nodes, be willing to use the
+      unstable ones.
 
   o Major features:
     - Weight directory requests by advertised bandwidth. Now we can
diff --git a/src/or/circuitbuild.c b/src/or/circuitbuild.c
index 416017ccb4..becfaf89fa 100644
--- a/src/or/circuitbuild.c
+++ b/src/or/circuitbuild.c
@@ -1187,10 +1187,8 @@ choose_good_exit_server_general(routerlist_t *dir, int need_uptime,
       n_supported[i] = -1;
       continue; /* skip routers that are not suitable */
     }
-    if (!router->is_valid &&
-        (!(options->_AllowInvalid & ALLOW_INVALID_EXIT) ||
-         router_is_unreliable(router, 1, 1, 0))) {
-      /* if it's invalid, and either we don't want it or it's unsuitable */
+    if (!(router->is_valid || options->_AllowInvalid & ALLOW_INVALID_EXIT)) {
+      /* if it's invalid and we don't want it */
       n_supported[i] = -1;
 //      log_fn(LOG_DEBUG,"Skipping node %s (index %d) -- invalid router.",
 //             router->nickname, i);