diff --git a/bin/pt-agent b/bin/pt-agent
index ec83a93d..21b9c73d 100755
--- a/bin/pt-agent
+++ b/bin/pt-agent
@@ -4971,9 +4971,9 @@ sub start_online_logging {
                );
             };
             if ( my $e = $EVAL_ERROR ) {
-               if ( ++$n_errors < 10 ) {
+               if ( ++$n_errors <= 10 ) {
                   warn "Error sending log entry to API: $e";
-                  if ( $n_errors >= 10 ) {
+                  if ( $n_errors == 10 ) {
                      my $ts = ts(time, 1);  # 1=UTC
                      warn "$ts WARNING $n_errors consecutive errors, no more "
                         . "error messages will be printed until log entries "
diff --git a/lib/Percona/Agent/Logger.pm b/lib/Percona/Agent/Logger.pm
index e0f3d352..1fccf5ec 100644
--- a/lib/Percona/Agent/Logger.pm
+++ b/lib/Percona/Agent/Logger.pm
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ sub start_online_logging {
             };
             if ( my $e = $EVAL_ERROR ) {
                # Safegaurd: don't spam the agent log file with errors.
-               if ( ++$n_errors < 10 ) {
+               if ( ++$n_errors <= 10 ) {
                   warn "Error sending log entry to API: $e";
-                  if ( $n_errors >= 10 ) {
+                  if ( $n_errors == 10 ) {
                      my $ts = ts(time, 1);  # 1=UTC
                      warn "$ts WARNING $n_errors consecutive errors, no more "
                         . "error messages will be printed until log entries "