diff --git a/arangod/Cluster/AgencyComm.cpp b/arangod/Cluster/AgencyComm.cpp
index e09a4629ac..8034706ae9 100644
--- a/arangod/Cluster/AgencyComm.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Cluster/AgencyComm.cpp
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ AgencyCommResult AgencyComm::sendWithFailover(
 
       if (system_clock::now() - start > ltimeout) {
         LOG_TOPIC(ERR, Logger::AGENCYCOMM) << "Timed out waiting for leader "
-          << agencyEndpoint->_endpoint->specification() << " tries: " << ltries;
+          << agencyEndpoint->_endpoint->specification() << " tries: " << ltries++;
         break;
       }