diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
index 76b566035..ea86ef052 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "derivations.hh"
 #include "pool.hh"
+#include "finally.hh"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -439,8 +440,10 @@ Path RemoteStore::addToStore(const string & name, const Path & _srcPath,
         conn->to.written = 0;
         conn->to.warn = true;
         connections->incCapacity();
-        dumpPath(srcPath, conn->to, filter);
-        connections->decCapacity();
+        {
+            Finally cleanup([&]() { connections->decCapacity(); });
+            dumpPath(srcPath, conn->to, filter);
+        }
         conn->to.warn = false;
         conn->processStderr();
     } catch (SysError & e) {