diff --git a/src/JuMP.jl b/src/JuMP.jl
index 776ec1996e8..fd73703d2c0 100644
--- a/src/JuMP.jl
+++ b/src/JuMP.jl
@@ -724,14 +724,16 @@ function operator_warn(::AbstractModel) end
 function operator_warn(model::Model)
     model.operator_counter += 1
     if model.operator_counter > 20000
-        Base.warn_once(
+        Compat.@warn(
             "The addition operator has been used on JuMP expressions a large " *
             "number of times. This warning is safe to ignore but may " *
             "indicate that model generation is slower than necessary. For " *
             "performance reasons, you should not add expressions in a loop. " *
             "Instead of x += y, use add_to_expression!(x,y) to modify x in " *
             "place. If y is a single variable, you may also use " *
-            "add_to_expression!(x, coef, y) for x += coef*y.")
+            "add_to_expression!(x, coef, y) for x += coef*y.", maxlog=1)
+        # NOTE: On Julia 1.0 (at least), maxlog=1 does not work correctly.
+        # See https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/28786.
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/test/operator.jl b/test/operator.jl
index d9486a420bc..66368f24dcd 100644
--- a/test/operator.jl
+++ b/test/operator.jl
@@ -318,15 +318,23 @@ function operators_test(ModelType::Type{<:JuMP.AbstractModel}, VariableRefType::
                 @test dot(floats, anys) == 10 + 40 + 2x
             end
 
-            @testset "JuMP PR #943" begin
-                pull943 = ModelType()
-                @variable(pull943, x[1 : 10^6]);
-                JuMP.set_start_value.(x, 1 : 10^6)
-                @expression(pull943, testsum, sum(x[i] * i for i = 1 : 10^6))
-                @expression(pull943, testdot1, dot(x, 1 : 10^6))
-                @expression(pull943, testdot2, dot(1 : 10^6, x))
-                @test JuMP.value(testsum, JuMP.start_value) ≈ JuMP.value(testdot1, JuMP.start_value)
-                @test JuMP.value(testsum, JuMP.start_value) ≈ JuMP.value(testdot2, JuMP.start_value)
+            if ModelType <: Model
+                # Only `Model` guaranteed to have `operator_counter`, so
+                # only test for that case.
+                @testset "JuMP PR #943" begin
+                    pull943 = ModelType()
+                    @test pull943.operator_counter == 0
+                    @variable(pull943, x[1:100])
+                    JuMP.set_start_value.(x, 1:100)
+                    @expression(pull943, testsum, sum(x[i] * i for i in 1:100))
+                    @expression(pull943, testdot1, dot(x, 1:100))
+                    @expression(pull943, testdot2, dot(1:100, x))
+                    @test pull943.operator_counter == 0
+                    testadd = testdot1 + testdot2
+                    @test pull943.operator_counter == 1  # Check triggerable.
+                    @test JuMP.value(testsum, JuMP.start_value) ≈ JuMP.value(testdot1, JuMP.start_value)
+                    @test JuMP.value(testsum, JuMP.start_value) ≈ JuMP.value(testdot2, JuMP.start_value)
+                end
             end
         end
     end