diff --git a/app/controllers/verification/residence_controller.rb b/app/controllers/verification/residence_controller.rb
index 515f98ca3..bd4ab082a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/verification/residence_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/verification/residence_controller.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class Verification::ResidenceController < ApplicationController
     if @residence.save
       redirect_to verified_user_path, notice: t('verification.residence.create.flash.success')
     else
-      current_user.update(residence_verification_tries: current_user.residence_verification_tries += 1)
       render :new
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/verification/residence.rb b/app/models/verification/residence.rb
index 26b994c8e..3ba773e9a 100644
--- a/app/models/verification/residence.rb
+++ b/app/models/verification/residence.rb
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ class Verification::Residence
 
   def residence_in_madrid
     return if errors.any?
-
     self.date_of_birth = date_to_string(date_of_birth)
 
     residency = CensusApi.new(self)
-    errors.add(:residence_in_madrid, false) unless residency.valid?
 
+    unless residency.valid?
+      errors.add(:residence_in_madrid, false)
+      user.update(residence_verification_tries: user.residence_verification_tries += 1)
+    end
     self.date_of_birth = string_to_date(date_of_birth)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index aaa9f222c..07b4e9557 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
   end
 
   factory :verification_residence, class: Verification::Residence do
+    user
     document_number  '12345678Z'
     document_type    1
     date_of_birth    Date.new(1980, 12, 31)
diff --git a/spec/models/residence_spec.rb b/spec/models/residence_spec.rb
index ab0ab64f3..481940ec4 100644
--- a/spec/models/residence_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/residence_spec.rb
@@ -54,4 +54,19 @@ describe Verification::Residence do
 
   end
 
+  describe "tries" do
+    it "should increase tries after a call to the Census" do
+      residence.postal_code = "12345"
+
+      expect { residence.valid? }.to change{
+      residence.user.residence_verification_tries }.from(0).to(1)
+    end
+
+    it "should not increase tries after a validation error" do
+      residence.postal_code = ""
+      expect { residence.valid? }.to_not change{
+      residence.user.residence_verification_tries }
+    end
+  end
+
 end
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