diff --git a/relnotes/suspendable-throttler-count-opsubassign.bug.md b/relnotes/suspendable-throttler-count-opsubassign.bug.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7913ce39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/relnotes/suspendable-throttler-count-opsubassign.bug.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+### Fix `-=` operator implementation in SuspendableThrottlerCount
+
+`ocean.io.model.SuspendableThrottlerCount`
+
+The `-=` operator overload (D1 `opSubAssign`) was inexplicably aliased
+to the `add` method rather than the correct `remove`.  This probably
+means that no one was ever actually using the operator overload, but it
+seems a good idea to fix it in any case.
diff --git a/src/ocean/io/model/SuspendableThrottlerCount.d b/src/ocean/io/model/SuspendableThrottlerCount.d
index 9ae666101..c8da72429 100644
--- a/src/ocean/io/model/SuspendableThrottlerCount.d
+++ b/src/ocean/io/model/SuspendableThrottlerCount.d
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class SuspendableThrottlerCount : ISuspendableThrottlerCount
         super.throttledResume();
     }
 
-    public alias add opSubAssign;
+    public alias remove opSubAssign;
 
 
     /***************************************************************************
@@ -176,6 +176,52 @@ public class SuspendableThrottlerCount : ISuspendableThrottlerCount
     }
 }
 
+unittest
+{
+    import ocean.core.Test : test;
+
+    // Helper class to allow us to test operator overloads
+    // without touching other parts of the class logic
+    static class OpsTest : SuspendableThrottlerCount
+    {
+        this ()
+        {
+            size_t suspend_point = 8;
+            size_t resume_point = 3;
+            super(suspend_point, resume_point);
+        }
+
+        override void inc () { this.count++; }
+        override void dec () { this.count--; }
+
+        override void add (size_t n) { this.count += n; }
+        override void remove (size_t n) { this.count -= n; }
+    }
+
+    scope ops_test = new OpsTest;
+    test!"=="(ops_test.length, 0);
+
+    ops_test++;
+    test!"=="(ops_test.length, 1);
+    test(!ops_test.suspend);
+    test(ops_test.resume);
+
+    ops_test += 7;
+    test!"=="(ops_test.length, 8);
+    test(ops_test.suspend);
+    test(!ops_test.resume);
+
+    ops_test--;
+    test!"=="(ops_test.length, 7);
+    test(!ops_test.suspend);
+    test(!ops_test.resume);
+
+    ops_test -= 4;
+    test!"=="(ops_test.length, 3);
+    test(!ops_test.suspend);
+    test(ops_test.resume);
+}
+
 
 /*******************************************************************************