diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index f698833af..3913e1389 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -2812,6 +2812,10 @@ ngx_http_upstream_next(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u,
     if (u->peer.cached && ft_type == NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_FT_ERROR) {
         status = 0;
 
+        /* TODO: inform balancer instead */
+
+        u->peer.tries++;
+
     } else {
         switch(ft_type) {