diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 466c9ec10eb..dd8a70baa63 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ void Thread::search() {
   optimism[~us] = -optimism[us];
 
   int searchAgainCounter = 0;
+  bool increaseThreadDepth = true;
 
   // Iterative deepening loop until requested to stop or the target depth is reached
   while (   ++rootDepth < MAX_PLY
@@ -333,7 +334,13 @@ void Thread::search() {
       pvLast = 0;
 
       if (!Threads.increaseDepth)
-         searchAgainCounter++;
+          increaseThreadDepth = false;
+
+      if (!increaseThreadDepth)
+      {
+          searchAgainCounter++;
+          increaseThreadDepth = true;
+      }
 
       // MultiPV loop. We perform a full root search for each PV line
       for (pvIdx = 0; pvIdx < multiPV && !Threads.stop; ++pvIdx)