diff --git a/libtorrent/src/policy.cpp b/libtorrent/src/policy.cpp
index 1b6a60cba..325007098 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/policy.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/policy.cpp
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 				&& candidate->second.failcount < i->second.failcount)
 				continue;
 
-			if (now - i->second.connected < seconds(i->second.failcount * min_reconnect_time))
+			if (now - i->second.connected < seconds((i->second.failcount + 1) * min_reconnect_time))
 				continue;
 			if (ses.m_port_filter.access(i->second.ip.port()) & port_filter::blocked)
 				continue;