diff --git a/federationapi/routing/send.go b/federationapi/routing/send.go
index 36f98f31..66fc7f03 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/send.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/send.go
@@ -483,14 +483,12 @@ func (t *txnReq) getServers(ctx context.Context, roomID string, eventOrigin goma
 		return t.servers
 	}
 	dedupe := map[gomatrixserverlib.ServerName]struct{}{}
-	count := 1
 	t.servers = []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName{t.Origin} // transaction origin
 	dedupe[t.Origin] = struct{}{}
 	if eventOrigin != "" {
 		if _, ok := dedupe[eventOrigin]; !ok {
 			t.servers = append(t.servers, eventOrigin) // event origin, if specified
 			dedupe[eventOrigin] = struct{}{}
-			count++
 		}
 	}
 	serverReq := &api.QueryServerJoinedToRoomRequest{
@@ -502,8 +500,7 @@ func (t *txnReq) getServers(ctx context.Context, roomID string, eventOrigin goma
 			if _, ok := dedupe[server]; !ok {
 				t.servers = append(t.servers, server)
 				dedupe[server] = struct{}{}
-				count++
-				if count == 10 {
+				if len(t.servers) == 10 {
 					break
 				}
 			}