diff --git a/src/Polly.Core/CircuitBreaker/Health/HealthInfo.cs b/src/Polly.Core/CircuitBreaker/Health/HealthInfo.cs
index 0e014526b5..7cd316b076 100644
--- a/src/Polly.Core/CircuitBreaker/Health/HealthInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Polly.Core/CircuitBreaker/Health/HealthInfo.cs
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ namespace Polly.CircuitBreaker.Health;
 {
     public static HealthInfo Create(int successes, int failures)
     {
-        var total = successes + failures;
-        if (total == 0)
+        if (successes + failures == 0)
         {
-            return new HealthInfo(0, 0);
+          return new HealthInfo(0, 0);
         }
 
-        return new(total, failures / (double)total);
+       double failureRate = failures / (double)(successes + failures);
+       return new HealthInfo(successes + failures, failureRate);
     }
 }