diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/network/resource/NetscalerResource.java b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/network/resource/NetscalerResource.java
index 563cbd47389..98e14618248 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/network/resource/NetscalerResource.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/network/resource/NetscalerResource.java
@@ -2297,6 +2297,7 @@ public class NetscalerResource implements ServerResource {
                 }
 
                 csMon.set_interval(hcp.getHealthcheckInterval());
+                csMon.set_retries(Math.max(hcp.getHealthcheckThresshold(), hcp.getUnhealthThresshold()) + 1);
                 csMon.set_resptimeout(hcp.getResponseTime());
                 csMon.set_failureretries(hcp.getUnhealthThresshold());
                 csMon.set_successretries(hcp.getHealthcheckThresshold());