diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
index 677b4ba9c346..f2ba7b1a01ad 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ protected function markJobAsFailedIfWillExceedMaxAttempts($connectionName, $job,
             $this->failJob($job, $e);
         }
 
-        if ($maxTries > 0 && $job->attempts() >= $maxTries) {
+        if (! $job->retryUntil() && $maxTries > 0 && $job->attempts() >= $maxTries) {
             $this->failJob($job, $e);
         }
     }