diff --git a/camera/device/default/ExternalCameraDeviceSession.cpp b/camera/device/default/ExternalCameraDeviceSession.cpp
index abd5d7e..9c55ea9 100644
--- a/camera/device/default/ExternalCameraDeviceSession.cpp
+++ b/camera/device/default/ExternalCameraDeviceSession.cpp
@@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@
             if (numAttempt == MAX_RETRY) {
                 break;
             }
+            numAttempt++;
             if (ret < 0) {
                 ALOGW("%s: VIDIOC_STREAMON failed, wait 33ms and try again", __FUNCTION__);
                 usleep(IOCTL_RETRY_SLEEP_US);  // sleep 100 ms and try again