diff --git a/src/sentinel.c b/src/sentinel.c
index 10c003d03..7a25e5ae4 100644
--- a/src/sentinel.c
+++ b/src/sentinel.c
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ void sentinelCollectTerminatedScripts(void) {
             sj->pid = 0;
             sj->start_time = mstime() +
                              sentinelScriptRetryDelay(sj->retry_num);
+            sentinel.running_scripts--;
         } else {
             /* Otherwise let's remove the script, but log the event if the
              * execution did not terminated in the best of the ways. */