diff --git a/src/internal/connector/onedrive/collection.go b/src/internal/connector/onedrive/collection.go
index d56114746..e0a328ef7 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/onedrive/collection.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/onedrive/collection.go
@@ -280,35 +280,23 @@ func (oc *Collection) populateItems(ctx context.Context) {
 
 			if oc.source == OneDriveSource {
 				// Fetch metadata for the file
-				for i := 1; i <= maxRetries; i++ {
-					if !oc.ctrl.ToggleFeatures.EnablePermissionsBackup {
-						// We are still writing the metadata file but with
-						// empty permissions as we don't have a way to
-						// signify that the permissions was explicitly
-						// not added.
-						itemMeta = io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("{}"))
-						itemMetaSize = 2
+				if !oc.ctrl.ToggleFeatures.EnablePermissionsBackup {
+					// We are still writing the metadata file but with
+					// empty permissions as we don't have a way to
+					// signify that the permissions was explicitly
+					// not added.
+					itemMeta = io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("{}"))
+					itemMetaSize = 2
+				} else {
+					err = graph.RunWithRetry(func() error {
+						itemMeta, itemMetaSize, err = oc.itemMetaReader(ctx, oc.service, oc.driveID, item)
+						return err
+					})
 
-						break
+					if err != nil {
+						errUpdater(*item.GetId(), errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get item permissions"))
+						return
 					}
-
-					itemMeta, itemMetaSize, err = oc.itemMetaReader(ctx, oc.service, oc.driveID, item)
-
-					// retry on Timeout type errors, break otherwise.
-					if err == nil ||
-						!graph.IsErrTimeout(err) ||
-						!graph.IsInternalServerError(err) {
-						break
-					}
-
-					if i < maxRetries {
-						time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
-					}
-				}
-
-				if err != nil {
-					errUpdater(*item.GetId(), errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get item permissions"))
-					return
 				}
 			}