diff --git a/src/MassTransit.Tests/MassTransit.Tests.csproj b/src/MassTransit.Tests/MassTransit.Tests.csproj
index c7cad9a06e..edb4b7ed37 100644
--- a/src/MassTransit.Tests/MassTransit.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/MassTransit.Tests/MassTransit.Tests.csproj
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Load\Sagas\FirstSaga.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MessageContext_Specs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MessageInterceptor_Specs.cs" />
+	<Compile Include="MessageRetryTracker_Specs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Performance\EndpointLoadTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Performance\LoadedRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Performance\LoadedResponse.cs" />
diff --git a/src/MassTransit.Tests/MessageRetryTracker_Specs.cs b/src/MassTransit.Tests/MessageRetryTracker_Specs.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99ffe2e589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/MassTransit.Tests/MessageRetryTracker_Specs.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using MassTransit.Transports;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace MassTransit.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class MessageRetryTracker_Specs
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void IsLimitExceeded_return_false_untill_specified_limit_reached()
+        {
+            const int retryLimit = 5;
+
+            var tracker = new MessageRetryTracker(retryLimit);
+            const string id = "qelofjsw";
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < retryLimit; i++)
+            {
+                Assert.IsFalse(tracker.IsRetryLimitExceeded(id));
+                tracker.IncrementRetryCount(id);
+            }
+            Assert.IsTrue(tracker.IsRetryLimitExceeded(id));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/MassTransit/Transports/MessageRetryTracker.cs b/src/MassTransit/Transports/MessageRetryTracker.cs
index afbb852f32..272dd7f5a9 100644
--- a/src/MassTransit/Transports/MessageRetryTracker.cs
+++ b/src/MassTransit/Transports/MessageRetryTracker.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public MessageRetryTracker(int retryLimit)
 		public bool IsRetryLimitExceeded(string id)
 		{
 			int retryCount = 0;
-			if (_messages.ReadLock(x => x.TryGetValue(id, out retryCount)))
+			if (!_messages.ReadLock(x => x.TryGetValue(id, out retryCount)))
 				return false;
 
 			return retryCount >= _retryLimit;