diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/line.ts b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/line.ts
index 3f7b2b631308c..81f408f86a44f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/line.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/line.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class LineReporter extends TerminalReporter {
   }
 
   private _updateLine(test: TestCase, result: TestResult, step?: TestStep) {
-    const retriesPrefix = this.totalTestCount < this._current ? ` (retries)` : ``;
+    const retriesPrefix = result.retry ? ` (retries)` : ``;
     const prefix = `[${this._current}/${this.totalTestCount}]${retriesPrefix} `;
     const currentRetrySuffix = result.retry ? this.screen.colors.yellow(` (retry #${result.retry})`) : '';
     const title = this.formatTestTitle(test, step) + currentRetrySuffix;
diff --git a/tests/page/page-basic.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-basic.spec.ts
index cf923d747a469..e14c4a7bb7e2f 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-basic.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-basic.spec.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ it('page.title should not throw during navigation', async ({ page, server }) =>
     promise,
   ]);
   expect(typeof titleOrError).toBe('string');
-  expect(titleOrError).toMatch(/^(Loading http.*title.html|hello|Woof-Woof)$/);
+  expect(titleOrError).toMatch(/^(hello|Loading http.*title.html||Woof-Woof)$/);
   await expect(page).toHaveTitle('Woof-Woof');
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-line.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-line.spec.ts
index 1a686bf42e45a..61b20cde9b08c 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-line.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-line.spec.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ for (const useIntermediateMergeReport of [false, true] as const) {
       expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
     });
 
+    test('should not label passing tests as retries', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+      const result = await runInlineTest({
+        'a.test.js': `
+          const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');
+          test('failing', async ({}) => {
+            expect(1).toBe(0);
+          });
+          test('passing', async ({}) => {
+            expect(1).toBe(1);
+          });
+        `,
+      }, { retries: 1, reporter: 'line' });
+      const text = result.output;
+      expect(text).toContain('[1/2] a.test.js:3:11 › failing');
+      expect(text).toContain('a.test.js:3:11 › failing (retry #1)');
+      expect(text).toContain('[3/2] a.test.js:6:11 › passing');
+      expect(text).not.toContain('(retries) a.test.js:6:11 › passing');
+      expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+    });
+
     test('render flaky', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       const result = await runInlineTest({
         'a.test.js': `