diff --git a/otafault/config.cpp b/otafault/config.cpp
index ee4ef891..8590833e 100644
--- a/otafault/config.cpp
+++ b/otafault/config.cpp
@@ -29,21 +29,23 @@
 #define OTAIO_MAX_FNAME_SIZE 128
 
 static ZipArchiveHandle archive;
+static bool is_retry = false;
 static std::map<std::string, bool> should_inject_cache;
 
 static std::string get_type_path(const char* io_type) {
     return android::base::StringPrintf("%s/%s", OTAIO_BASE_DIR, io_type);
 }
 
-void ota_io_init(ZipArchiveHandle za) {
+void ota_io_init(ZipArchiveHandle za, bool retry) {
     archive = za;
+    is_retry = retry;
     ota_set_fault_files();
 }
 
 bool should_fault_inject(const char* io_type) {
     // archive will be NULL if we used an entry point other
     // than updater/updater.cpp:main
-    if (archive == NULL) {
+    if (archive == nullptr || is_retry) {
         return false;
     }
     const std::string type_path = get_type_path(io_type);
diff --git a/otafault/config.h b/otafault/config.h
index c048617c..4adbdd12 100644
--- a/otafault/config.h
+++ b/otafault/config.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 /*
  * Initialize libotafault by providing a reference to the OTA package.
  */
-void ota_io_init(ZipArchiveHandle zip);
+void ota_io_init(ZipArchiveHandle zip, bool retry);
 
 /*
  * Return true if a config file is present for the given IO type.
diff --git a/updater/updater.cpp b/updater/updater.cpp
index 3e624dae..47306626 100644
--- a/updater/updater.cpp
+++ b/updater/updater.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     CloseArchive(za);
     return 3;
   }
-  ota_io_init(za);
 
   ZipString script_name(SCRIPT_NAME);
   ZipEntry script_entry;
@@ -166,6 +165,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       printf("unexpected argument: %s", argv[4]);
     }
   }
+  ota_io_init(za, state.is_retry);
 
   std::string result;
   bool status = Evaluate(&state, root, &result);