diff --git a/redis/asyncio/cluster.py b/redis/asyncio/cluster.py
index 87a2c16afa..ad0840451b 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/cluster.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/cluster.py
@@ -1511,7 +1511,9 @@ async def execute(
             return []
 
         try:
-            for _ in range(self._client.cluster_error_retry_attempts):
+            # Add one for the first execution
+            execute_attempts = 1 + self._client.cluster_error_retry_attempts
+            for _ in range(execute_attempts):
                 if self._client._initialize:
                     await self._client.initialize()