diff --git a/aredis/pool.py b/aredis/pool.py
index 1fbb2cc7..7223c32e 100644
--- a/aredis/pool.py
+++ b/aredis/pool.py
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ def release(self, connection):
         # discard connection with unread response
         if connection.awaiting_response:
             connection.disconnect()
-            # reduce node connection count in case of too many connection error raised
-            if self.max_connections_per_node and self._created_connections_per_node.get(connection.node['name']):
+            # reduce node connection count in case of too many connections error raised
+            if self._created_connections_per_node.get(connection.node['name']):
                 self._created_connections_per_node[connection.node['name']] -= 1
         else:
             self._available_connections.setdefault(connection.node["name"], []).append(connection)