diff --git a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/testing/util/MockBackOff.java b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/testing/util/MockBackOff.java
index 6e5a85415..ba68370ad 100644
--- a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/testing/util/MockBackOff.java
+++ b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/testing/util/MockBackOff.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public MockBackOff setMaxTries(int maxTries) {
 
   /** Returns the maximum number of tries before returning {@link #STOP}. */
   public final int getMaxTries() {
-    return numTries;
+    return maxTries;
   }
 
   /** Returns the number of tries so far. */