diff --git a/modules/xmpp/ResumeTask.js b/modules/xmpp/ResumeTask.js
index 7f33c6bcce..b1b1e4a77a 100644
--- a/modules/xmpp/ResumeTask.js
+++ b/modules/xmpp/ResumeTask.js
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ export default class ResumeTask {
         this._retryDelay = undefined;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @returns {number} - The amount of retries.
+     */
+    get retryCount() {
+        return this._resumeRetryN;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @returns {number|undefined} - How much the app will wait before trying to resume the XMPP connection. When
      * 'undefined' it means that no resume task was not scheduled.
@@ -81,7 +88,6 @@ export default class ResumeTask {
         //   1st retry: 1.5s - 3s
         //   2nd retry: 3s - 9s
         //   3rd and next retry: 4.5s - 27s
-        this._resumeRetryN = Math.min(3, this._resumeRetryN);
         this._retryDelay = getJitterDelay(
             /* retry */ this._resumeRetryN,
             /* minDelay */ this._resumeRetryN * 1500,
diff --git a/modules/xmpp/XmppConnection.js b/modules/xmpp/XmppConnection.js
index 721b934379..c2a88aa849 100644
--- a/modules/xmpp/XmppConnection.js
+++ b/modules/xmpp/XmppConnection.js
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import PingConnectionPlugin from './strophe.ping';
 
 const logger = getLogger(__filename);
 
+/**
+ * Maximum number of tries to resume.
+ */
+const MAX_RESUME_TRIES = 3;
+
 /**
  * The lib-jitsi-meet layer for {@link Strophe.Connection}.
  */
@@ -644,7 +649,13 @@ export default class XmppConnection extends Listenable {
         if (resumeToken) {
             this._resumeTask.schedule();
 
-            return true;
+            const r = this._resumeTask.retryCount <= MAX_RESUME_TRIES;
+
+            if (!r) {
+                logger.warn(`Maximum resume tries reached (${MAX_RESUME_TRIES}), giving up.`);
+            }
+
+            return r;
         }
 
         return false;