diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/common.py b/freqtrade/exchange/common.py
index 4b9b30d84..4355662a8 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/common.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/common.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def calculate_backoff(retrycount, max_retries):
 def retrier_async(f):
     async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         count = kwargs.pop('count', API_RETRY_COUNT)
-        kucoin = args[0].name.lower() == "kucoin"  # Check if the exchange is KuCoin.
+        kucoin = args[0].name == "KuCoin"  # Check if the exchange is KuCoin.
         try:
             return await f(*args, **kwargs)
         except TemporaryError as ex:
diff --git a/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py b/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
index 14d5e6472..f0417c4c5 100644
--- a/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
+++ b/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
@@ -2130,7 +2130,8 @@ async def test__async_kucoin_get_candle_history(default_conf, mocker, caplog):
         "kucoin GET https://openapi-v2.kucoin.com/api/v1/market/candles?"
         "symbol=ETH-BTC&type=5min&startAt=1640268735&endAt=1640418735"
         "429 Too Many Requests" '{"code":"429000","msg":"Too Many Requests"}'))
-    exchange = get_patched_exchange(mocker, default_conf, api_mock, id="kucoin")
+    exchange = get_patched_exchange(mocker, default_conf, api_mock, id="KuCoin")
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.name', PropertyMock(return_value='KuCoin'))
 
     msg = "Kucoin 429 error, avoid triggering DDosProtection backoff delay"
     assert not num_log_has_re(msg, caplog)