diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index f520c978f..b4109657e 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: monitor.c,v 1.149 2015/05/04 06:10:48 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: monitor.c,v 1.150 2015/06/22 23:42:16 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright 2002 Niels Provos <provos@citi.umich.edu>
  * Copyright 2002 Markus Friedl <markus@openbsd.org>
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ monitor_child_preauth(Authctxt *_authctxt, struct monitor *pmonitor)
 		if (ent->flags & (MON_AUTHDECIDE|MON_ALOG)) {
 			auth_log(authctxt, authenticated, partial,
 			    auth_method, auth_submethod);
-			if (!authenticated)
+			if (!partial && !authenticated)
 				authctxt->failures++;
 		}
 	}