diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 9ae95ca5..dadaeffb 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ class Request(object):
                     retries=self.config.get('max_retries', 0),
                     timeout=self.timeout,
                 )
+                self.sent = True
 
 
             except MaxRetryError, e: