diff --git a/daemon/config/config.go b/daemon/config/config.go
index 80dd0bc740..339acf2fc3 100644
--- a/daemon/config/config.go
+++ b/daemon/config/config.go
@@ -600,16 +600,16 @@ func Validate(config *Config) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	// validate MaxConcurrentDownloads
+
+	// TODO(thaJeztah) Validations below should not accept "0" to be valid; see Validate() for a more in-depth description of this problem
 	if config.MaxConcurrentDownloads != nil && *config.MaxConcurrentDownloads < 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid max concurrent downloads: %d", *config.MaxConcurrentDownloads)
 	}
-	// validate MaxConcurrentUploads
 	if config.MaxConcurrentUploads != nil && *config.MaxConcurrentUploads < 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid max concurrent uploads: %d", *config.MaxConcurrentUploads)
 	}
-	if err := ValidateMaxDownloadAttempts(config); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if config.MaxDownloadAttempts != nil && *config.MaxDownloadAttempts < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid max download attempts: %d", *config.MaxDownloadAttempts)
 	}
 
 	// validate that "default" runtime is not reset
@@ -642,14 +642,6 @@ func Validate(config *Config) error {
 	return config.ValidatePlatformConfig()
 }
 
-// ValidateMaxDownloadAttempts validates if the max-download-attempts is within the valid range
-func ValidateMaxDownloadAttempts(config *Config) error {
-	if config.MaxDownloadAttempts != nil && *config.MaxDownloadAttempts <= 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid max download attempts: %d", *config.MaxDownloadAttempts)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // GetDefaultRuntimeName returns the current default runtime
 func (conf *Config) GetDefaultRuntimeName() string {
 	conf.Lock()
diff --git a/daemon/config/config_test.go b/daemon/config/config_test.go
index b5ec03cf13..a982ea2920 100644
--- a/daemon/config/config_test.go
+++ b/daemon/config/config_test.go
@@ -309,15 +309,18 @@ func TestValidateConfigurationErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedErr: "invalid max download attempts: -10",
 		},
-		{
-			name: "zero max-download-attempts",
-			config: &Config{
-				CommonConfig: CommonConfig{
-					MaxDownloadAttempts: intPtr(0),
+		// TODO(thaJeztah) temporarily excluding this test as it assumes defaults are set before validating and applying updated configs
+		/*
+			{
+				name: "zero max-download-attempts",
+				config: &Config{
+					CommonConfig: CommonConfig{
+						MaxDownloadAttempts: intPtr(0),
+					},
 				},
+				expectedErr: "invalid max download attempts: 0",
 			},
-			expectedErr: "invalid max download attempts: 0",
-		},
+		*/
 		{
 			name: "generic resource without =",
 			config: &Config{
diff --git a/daemon/reload.go b/daemon/reload.go
index edfd623f8d..368ec53ff2 100644
--- a/daemon/reload.go
+++ b/daemon/reload.go
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Reload(conf *config.Config) (err error) {
 	}
 	daemon.reloadDebug(conf, attributes)
 	daemon.reloadMaxConcurrentDownloadsAndUploads(conf, attributes)
-	if err := daemon.reloadMaxDownloadAttempts(conf, attributes); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	daemon.reloadMaxDownloadAttempts(conf, attributes)
 	daemon.reloadShutdownTimeout(conf, attributes)
 	daemon.reloadFeatures(conf, attributes)
 
@@ -124,23 +122,17 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) reloadMaxConcurrentDownloadsAndUploads(conf *config.Config
 
 // reloadMaxDownloadAttempts updates configuration with max concurrent
 // download attempts when a connection is lost and updates the passed attributes
-func (daemon *Daemon) reloadMaxDownloadAttempts(conf *config.Config, attributes map[string]string) error {
-	if err := config.ValidateMaxDownloadAttempts(conf); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// If no value is set for max-download-attempts we assume it is the default value
+func (daemon *Daemon) reloadMaxDownloadAttempts(conf *config.Config, attributes map[string]string) {
 	// We always "reset" as the cost is lightweight and easy to maintain.
 	maxDownloadAttempts := config.DefaultDownloadAttempts
 	if conf.IsValueSet("max-download-attempts") && conf.MaxDownloadAttempts != nil {
 		maxDownloadAttempts = *conf.MaxDownloadAttempts
 	}
 	daemon.configStore.MaxDownloadAttempts = &maxDownloadAttempts
-	logrus.Debugf("Reset Max Download Attempts: %d", *daemon.configStore.MaxDownloadAttempts)
 
 	// prepare reload event attributes with updatable configurations
 	attributes["max-download-attempts"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", *daemon.configStore.MaxDownloadAttempts)
-	return nil
+	logrus.Debug("Reset Max Download Attempts: ", attributes["max-download-attempts"])
 }
 
 // reloadShutdownTimeout updates configuration with daemon shutdown timeout option