diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Jobs/RedisJob.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Jobs/RedisJob.php
index 2d59da4bd71c..d8acf3a8c607 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Jobs/RedisJob.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Jobs/RedisJob.php
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ class RedisJob extends Job implements JobContract
      */
     public function __construct(Container $container, RedisQueue $redis, $job, $reserved, $queue)
     {
+        // The $job variable is the original job JSON as it existed in the ready queue while
+        // the $reserved variable is the raw JSON in the reserved queue. The exact format
+        // of the reserved job is requird in order for us to properly delete its value.
         $this->job = $job;
         $this->redis = $redis;
         $this->queue = $queue;
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ public function release($delay = 0)
      */
     public function attempts()
     {
-        return Arr::get($this->decoded, 'attempts');
+        return Arr::get($this->decoded, 'attempts') + 1;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php
index 319794150841..9f4004d460f0 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ protected function createPayloadArray($job, $data = '', $queue = null)
     {
         return array_merge(parent::createPayloadArray($job, $data, $queue), [
             'id' => $this->getRandomId(),
-            'attempts' => 1,
+            'attempts' => 0,
         ]);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Queue/QueueRedisQueueTest.php b/tests/Queue/QueueRedisQueueTest.php
index f8a2f7c19023..aaaabe1c2011 100644
--- a/tests/Queue/QueueRedisQueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/Queue/QueueRedisQueueTest.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public function testPushProperlyPushesJobOntoRedis()
         $queue = $this->getMockBuilder('Illuminate\Queue\RedisQueue')->setMethods(['getRandomId'])->setConstructorArgs([$redis = m::mock('Illuminate\Contracts\Redis\Factory'), 'default'])->getMock();
         $queue->expects($this->once())->method('getRandomId')->will($this->returnValue('foo'));
         $redis->shouldReceive('connection')->once()->andReturn($redis);
-        $redis->shouldReceive('rpush')->once()->with('queues:default', json_encode(['job' => 'foo', 'data' => ['data'], 'id' => 'foo', 'attempts' => 1]));
+        $redis->shouldReceive('rpush')->once()->with('queues:default', json_encode(['job' => 'foo', 'data' => ['data'], 'id' => 'foo', 'attempts' => 0]));
 
         $id = $queue->push('foo', ['data']);
         $this->assertEquals('foo', $id);
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public function testDelayedPushProperlyPushesJobOntoRedis()
         $redis->shouldReceive('zadd')->once()->with(
             'queues:default:delayed',
             2,
-            json_encode(['job' => 'foo', 'data' => ['data'], 'id' => 'foo', 'attempts' => 1])
+            json_encode(['job' => 'foo', 'data' => ['data'], 'id' => 'foo', 'attempts' => 0])
         );
 
         $id = $queue->later(1, 'foo', ['data']);
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function testDelayedPushWithDateTimeProperlyPushesJobOntoRedis()
         $redis->shouldReceive('zadd')->once()->with(
             'queues:default:delayed',
             2,
-            json_encode(['job' => 'foo', 'data' => ['data'], 'id' => 'foo', 'attempts' => 1])
+            json_encode(['job' => 'foo', 'data' => ['data'], 'id' => 'foo', 'attempts' => 0])
         );
 
         $queue->later($date, 'foo', ['data']);
diff --git a/tests/Queue/RedisQueueIntegrationTest.php b/tests/Queue/RedisQueueIntegrationTest.php
index 6008936fd6ec..95281c12216a 100644
--- a/tests/Queue/RedisQueueIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Queue/RedisQueueIntegrationTest.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public function testPopProperlyPopsJobOffOfRedis()
         $this->assertEquals($job, unserialize(json_decode($redisJob->getRawBody())->data->command));
         $this->assertEquals(1, $redisJob->attempts());
         $this->assertEquals($job, unserialize(json_decode($redisJob->getReservedJob())->data->command));
-        $this->assertEquals(2, json_decode($redisJob->getReservedJob())->attempts);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, json_decode($redisJob->getReservedJob())->attempts);
         $this->assertEquals($redisJob->getJobId(), json_decode($redisJob->getReservedJob())->id);
 
         // Check reserved queue
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public function testRelease()
 
         $decoded = json_decode($payload);
 
-        $this->assertEquals(2, $decoded->attempts);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $decoded->attempts);
         $this->assertEquals($job, unserialize($decoded->data->command));
 
         //check if the queue has no ready item yet