diff --git a/src/ior.c b/src/ior.c
index 60fb517..011e7e3 100755
--- a/src/ior.c
+++ b/src/ior.c
@@ -1652,7 +1652,6 @@ static IOR_offset_t WriteOrReadSingle(IOR_offset_t offset, int pretendRank, IOR_
           amtXferred = backend->xfer(access, fd, buffer, transfer, offset, test->backend_options);
           if (amtXferred != transfer)
                   ERR("cannot read from file write check");
-          (*transferCount)++;
           *errors += CompareData(buffer, transfer, *transferCount, test, offset, pretendRank, WRITECHECK);
   } else if (access == READCHECK) {
           ((long long int*) buffer)[0] = ~((long long int*) buffer)[0]; // changes the buffer, no memset to reduce the memory pressure