diff --git a/changes/2632.fix.md b/changes/2632.fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3638521c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2632.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Silence falsy Redis timeout warnings when retrying blocking commands if the timeout does not exceed the expected command timeout
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/common/redis_helper.py b/src/ai/backend/common/redis_helper.py
index c43ab8bbdb..69f136735d 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/common/redis_helper.py
+++ b/src/ai/backend/common/redis_helper.py
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ def show_retry_warning(e: Exception, warn_on_first_attempt: bool = True) -> None
                 now = time.perf_counter()
                 if now - first_trial >= command_timeout + 1.0:
                     show_retry_warning(e)
+                first_trial = now
             continue
         except redis.exceptions.ResponseError as e:
             if "NOREPLICAS" in e.args[0]: