diff --git a/mod/lesson/view.php b/mod/lesson/view.php
index 8e72a5c7ed9..759ca65c5c7 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/view.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/view.php
@@ -1155,8 +1155,10 @@
                 $a->notsentcount = 0;
                 foreach ($studentessays as $studentid => $pages) {  // students
                     $attempts = count_records('lesson_grades', 'userid', $studentid, 'lessonid', $lesson->id);
-                    $count = 0;
+
                     foreach ($pages as $tries) {  // pages
+                        $count = 0;
+
                         // go through each essay per page
                         foreach($tries as $try) {  // actual attempts
                             if ($attempts == $count) {
@@ -1626,10 +1628,11 @@
             
             // number of attempts on the lesson
             $attempts = count_records('lesson_grades', 'userid', $id, 'lessonid', $lesson->id);
-            $count = 0;
             
             // go through each essay
             foreach ($studentessays[$id] as $page => $tries) {
+                $count = 0;
+                
                 // go through each essay per page
                 foreach($tries as $try) {
                     if ($count == $attempts) {