diff --git a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_vol b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_vol
index 15956314..5fce5eac 100755
--- a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_vol
+++ b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_vol
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ rtorrent_version_lower_than();
 my $pattern     = qr/<value><string>([A-Z0-9]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
 
 sub construct_line {
-	my $function_multicall	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0')? 'd.multicall' : 'd.multicall2';
-	my $function_hash	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0')? 'd.get_hash=' : 'd.hash=';
-	my $line	= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function_multicall</methodName><params><param><value><string>${_}</string></value></param><param><value><string>$function_hash</string></value></param></params></methodCall>";
+	my $function_multicall	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? 'd.multicall' : 'd.multicall2';
+	my $function_multicall_arg	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? '' : '<param><value><string></string></value></param>';
+	my $function_hash	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? 'd.get_hash=' : 'd.hash=';
+	my $line	= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function_multicall</methodName><params>$function_multicall_arg<param><value><string>${_}</string></value></param><param><value><string>$function_hash</string></value></param></params></methodCall>";
 	my $llen = length $line;
 	my $header = "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
 	my $hlen = length $header;
diff --git a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_vol b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_vol
index 1ea5678f..fe842e09 100755
--- a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_vol
+++ b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_vol
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ my $header;
 my $hlen;
 
 my $function_multicall;
+my $function_multicall_arg;
 my $function_hash;
 
 my $num;
@@ -134,8 +135,9 @@ foreach ( @views ) {
 	}
 
 	$function_multicall	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0')? 'd.multicall' : 'd.multicall2';
+	$function_multicall_arg	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? '' : '<param><value><string></string></value></param>';
 	$function_hash	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0')? 'd.get_hash=' : 'd.hash=';
-	$line	= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function_multicall</methodName><params><param><value><string>${_}</string></value></param><param><value><string>$function_hash</string></value></param></params></methodCall>";
+	$line	= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function_multicall</methodName><params>$function_multicall_arg<param><value><string>${_}</string></value></param><param><value><string>$function_hash</string></value></param></params></methodCall>";
 
 	$llen	= length $line;
 	$header	= "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";