diff --git a/redis/cluster.py b/redis/cluster.py
index c79f8e429d..99e5c37f9d 100644
--- a/redis/cluster.py
+++ b/redis/cluster.py
@@ -2122,7 +2122,7 @@ def __init__(
         else:
             self.retry = Retry(
                 backoff=ExponentialWithJitterBackoff(base=1, cap=10),
-                retries=self.cluster_error_retry_attempts,
+                retries=cluster_error_retry_attempts,
             )
 
         self.encoder = Encoder(