diff --git a/weed/operation/upload_content.go b/weed/operation/upload_content.go
index 4bfc08425..9957a04cd 100644
--- a/weed/operation/upload_content.go
+++ b/weed/operation/upload_content.go
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ func doUpload(uploadUrl string, filename string, cipher bool, reader io.Reader,
 
 func retriedUploadData(uploadUrl string, filename string, cipher bool, data []byte, isInputCompressed bool, mtype string, pairMap map[string]string, jwt security.EncodedJwt) (uploadResult *UploadResult, err error) {
 	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-		uploadResult.RetryCount = i
 		uploadResult, err = doUploadData(uploadUrl, filename, cipher, data, isInputCompressed, mtype, pairMap, jwt)
 		if err == nil {
+			uploadResult.RetryCount = i
 			return
 		} else {
 			glog.Warningf("uploading to %s: %v", uploadUrl, err)