diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/policy/SimpleRetryPolicy.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/policy/SimpleRetryPolicy.java
index f3a7828..b5b09bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/policy/SimpleRetryPolicy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/policy/SimpleRetryPolicy.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class SimpleRetryPolicy implements RetryPolicy {
 	@Override
 	public boolean canRetry(RetryContext context) {
 		Throwable t = context.getLastThrowable();
-		return (t == null || retryForException(t)) && context.getRetryCount() < this.maxAttempts;
+		return (t == null || retryForException(t)) && context.getRetryCount() < getMaxAttempts();
 	}
 
 	/**