diff --git a/cinder/backup/chunkeddriver.py b/cinder/backup/chunkeddriver.py
index 2af9c6a0a64..8a3fef5bed5 100644
--- a/cinder/backup/chunkeddriver.py
+++ b/cinder/backup/chunkeddriver.py
@@ -427,7 +427,12 @@ class ChunkedBackupDriver(driver.BackupDriver):
                              object_list,
                              volume_meta,
                              extra_metadata)
-        backup.object_count = object_id
+        # NOTE(whoami-rajat) : The object_id variable is used to name
+        # the backup objects and hence differs from the object_count
+        # variable, therefore the increment of object_id value in the last
+        # iteration of _backup_chunk() method shouldn't be reflected in the
+        # object_count variable.
+        backup.object_count = object_id - 1
         backup.save()
         LOG.debug('backup %s finished.', backup['id'])
 
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/backup/test_chunkeddriver.py b/cinder/tests/unit/backup/test_chunkeddriver.py
index 4f084b93649..c9928e840c7 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/backup/test_chunkeddriver.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/backup/test_chunkeddriver.py
@@ -397,11 +397,7 @@ class ChunkedDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
                                          object_meta,
                                          object_sha256)
 
-        # TODO(smcginnis): Object count is either misnamed or we use it in an
-        # odd way. We increment the object count from 1, so writing one chunk
-        # results in an object count of 2. Should probably straighten that out
-        # at some point.
-        self.assertEqual(2, self.backup.object_count)
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.backup.object_count)
 
     def test_backup_metadata(self):
         object_meta = {}