diff --git a/gallery_dl/job.py b/gallery_dl/job.py
index bea35e33..a88f5361 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/job.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/job.py
@@ -496,8 +496,6 @@ class DownloadJob(Job):
                 self._skipcnt += 1
                 if self._skipcnt >= self._skipmax:
                     raise self._skipexc()
-            else:
-                self._skipcnt = 0
 
     def download(self, url):
         """Download 'url'"""