diff --git a/pkg/controller/webhook_test.go b/pkg/controller/webhook_test.go
index d651da006..50e19bcc7 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/webhook_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/webhook_test.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func TestCallWebhook_Retries(t *testing.T) {
 	retries := 1
 	failures := 0
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if failures <= retries-1 {
+		if failures < retries {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			failures++
 		} else {