diff --git a/storage/wdpost_run.go b/storage/wdpost_run.go
index 51a0729aff0..78f648aa8a8 100644
--- a/storage/wdpost_run.go
+++ b/storage/wdpost_run.go
@@ -560,12 +560,12 @@ func (s *WindowPoStScheduler) runPoStCycle(ctx context.Context, di dline.Info, t
 			Proofs:     nil,
 		}
 
-		skipCount := uint64(0)
 		postSkipped := bitfield.New()
 		somethingToProve := false
 
 		// Retry until we run out of sectors to prove.
 		for retries := 0; ; retries++ {
+			skipCount := uint64(0)
 			var partitions []miner.PoStPartition
 			var sinfos []proof2.SectorInfo
 			for partIdx, partition := range batch {
@@ -705,7 +705,6 @@ func (s *WindowPoStScheduler) runPoStCycle(ctx context.Context, di dline.Info, t
 				return nil, ctx.Err()
 			}
 
-			skipCount += uint64(len(ps))
 			for _, sector := range ps {
 				postSkipped.Set(uint64(sector.Number))
 			}