If 1.22 is still shipping in supported releases, I agree that this should be patched.
FWIW, this is already fixed upstream in 1.70 as a side-effect of <http://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/1805> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org