diff --git a/fs/netfs/write_retry.c b/fs/netfs/write_retry.c
index fc9c3e0d34d8..29489a23a220 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/write_retry.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/write_retry.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ static void netfs_retry_write_stream(struct netfs_io_request *wreq,
 			subreq->start	= start;
 			subreq->len	= len;
 			__clear_bit(NETFS_SREQ_NEED_RETRY, &subreq->flags);
-			subreq->retry_count++;
 			trace_netfs_sreq(subreq, netfs_sreq_trace_retry);
 
 			/* Renegotiate max_len (wsize) */