diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/core/transaction_runner.ts b/packages/firestore/src/core/transaction_runner.ts
index d586abeeedf..a9e17327aa7 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/core/transaction_runner.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/core/transaction_runner.ts
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ import { isNullOrUndefined } from '../util/types';
 
 import { Transaction } from './transaction';
 
-const RETRY_COUNT = 5;
+export const DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS_COUNT = 5;
 
 /**
  * TransactionRunner encapsulates the logic needed to run and retry transactions
  * with backoff.
  */
 export class TransactionRunner<T> {
-  private retries = RETRY_COUNT;
+  private attemptsRemaining = DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS_COUNT;
   private backoff: ExponentialBackoff;
 
   constructor(
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export class TransactionRunner<T> {
 
   /** Runs the transaction and sets the result on deferred. */
   run(): void {
+    this.attemptsRemaining -= 1;
     this.runWithBackOff();
   }
 
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ export class TransactionRunner<T> {
   }
 
   private handleTransactionError(error: Error): void {
-    if (this.retries > 0 && this.isRetryableTransactionError(error)) {
-      this.retries -= 1;
+    if (this.attemptsRemaining > 0 && this.isRetryableTransactionError(error)) {
+      this.attemptsRemaining -= 1;
       this.asyncQueue.enqueueAndForget(() => {
         this.runWithBackOff();
         return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/packages/firestore/test/integration/api_internal/transaction.test.ts b/packages/firestore/test/integration/api_internal/transaction.test.ts
index 41a0f53b213..1b636adbd98 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/test/integration/api_internal/transaction.test.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/test/integration/api_internal/transaction.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import * as firestore from '@firebase/firestore-types';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 
+import { DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS_COUNT } from '../../../src/core/transaction_runner';
 import { TimerId } from '../../../src/util/async_queue';
 import { Deferred } from '../../util/promise';
 import * as integrationHelpers from '../util/helpers';
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ apiDescribe(
           .then(() => doc.get())
           .then(snapshot => {
             expect(snapshot.data()!['count']).to.equal(1234 + counter);
+            expect(counter).to.equal(DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS_COUNT);
           });
       });
     });
diff --git a/packages/firestore/test/integration/util/internal_helpers.ts b/packages/firestore/test/integration/util/internal_helpers.ts
index 4ac848d02b5..fb2dd862bf9 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/test/integration/util/internal_helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/test/integration/util/internal_helpers.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ export function getDefaultDatabaseInfo(): DatabaseInfo {
     DEFAULT_SETTINGS.host!,
     !!DEFAULT_SETTINGS.ssl,
     !!DEFAULT_SETTINGS.experimentalForceLongPolling,
-    !!DEFAULT_SETTINGS.experimentalAutoDetectLongPolling
+    !!DEFAULT_SETTINGS.experimentalAutoDetectLongPolling,
+    /*use FetchStreams= */ false
   );
 }