diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/Tracker.cpp b/src/kits/tracker/Tracker.cpp
index 20e759bedf..94d8dc5955 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/Tracker.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/Tracker.cpp
@@ -1463,8 +1463,10 @@ TTracker::NeedMoreNodeMonitors()
 	struct rlimit rl;
 	rl.rlim_cur = fNodeMonitorCount;
 	rl.rlim_max = RLIM_SAVED_MAX;
-	if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOVMON, &rl) < 0)
+	if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOVMON, &rl) < 0) {
+		fNodeMonitorCount -= kNodeMonitorBumpValue;
 		return errno;
+	}
 	return B_OK;
 
 }