diff --git a/changes/bug24894 b/changes/bug24894
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b08cdce1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug24894
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Major bugfixes (v3 onion services):
+    - New-style (v3) onion services now obey the "max rendezvous circuit
+      attempts" logic. Previously they would make as many rendezvous
+      circuit attempts as they could fit in the MAX_REND_TIMEOUT second
+      window before giving up. Fixes bug 24894; bugfix on 0.3.2.1-alpha.
diff --git a/src/or/hs_circuit.c b/src/or/hs_circuit.c
index a58166ccde..11ce2a1887 100644
--- a/src/or/hs_circuit.c
+++ b/src/or/hs_circuit.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ retry_service_rendezvous_point(const origin_circuit_t *circ)
 
   /* Transfer build state information to the new circuit state in part to
    * catch any other failures. */
-  new_circ->build_state->failure_count = bstate->failure_count++;
+  new_circ->build_state->failure_count = bstate->failure_count+1;
   new_circ->build_state->expiry_time = bstate->expiry_time;
   new_circ->hs_ident = hs_ident_circuit_dup(circ->hs_ident);