diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py
index 85052c020..3b0608256 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ class RedirectMiddleware(object):
                     redirected.body = None
                     # This is needed to avoid redirection loops with requests that contain dont_filter = True
                     # Example (9 May 2008): http://www.55max.com/product/001_photography.asp?3233,0,0,0,Michael+Banks
-                    redirected.dont_filter = False
+                    if isinstance(redirected.dont_filter, int):
+                        redirected.dont_filter -= 1
+                    else:
+                        redirected.dont_filter = False
                     log.msg("Redirecting (%s) to %s from %s" % (status, redirected, request), level=log.DEBUG, domain=spider.domain_name)
                     return redirected
                 log.msg("Ignored redirecting (%s) to %s from %s (disabled by spider)" % (status, redirected_url, request), level=log.DEBUG, domain=spider.domain_name)