diff --git a/src/net/retry.c b/src/net/retry.c
index f00c178e..fd704266 100644
--- a/src/net/retry.c
+++ b/src/net/retry.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void retry_step ( struct process *process ) {
 	unsigned long now = currticks();
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe ( timer, tmp, &timers, list ) {
-		if ( timer->expiry >= now ) {
+		if ( timer->expiry <= now ) {
 			timer->retries++;
 			reload_timer ( timer );
 			timer->expired ( timer );