diff --git a/tor-circmgr/src/build.rs b/tor-circmgr/src/build.rs
index b5caf8c60..59a33ba2e 100644
--- a/tor-circmgr/src/build.rs
+++ b/tor-circmgr/src/build.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ impl<
                     self.timeouts.note_hop_completed(
                         hop_num,
                         self.runtime.now() - start_time,
-                        hop_num == n_hops,
+                        hop_num == (n_hops - 1),
                     );
                     hop_num += 1;
                 }