diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 8a8b4a6..d0ef19b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Bug fixes
   (`#234 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures/issues/234>`_)
   and (`#241 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures/issues/241>`_)
 
+- Fix tests reported as failures when rerun happened due to exception raised from fixture teardown when using only_rerun.
+  (`#261 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures/issues/261>`_)
+
 Breaking changes
 ++++++++++++++++
 
@@ -23,7 +26,6 @@ Features
 
 - Add support for pytest 8.0.
 
-
 13.0 (2023-11-22)
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/src/pytest_rerunfailures.py b/src/pytest_rerunfailures.py
index 75afc48..148abf0 100644
--- a/src/pytest_rerunfailures.py
+++ b/src/pytest_rerunfailures.py
@@ -548,9 +548,29 @@ def pytest_runtest_protocol(item, nextitem):
         item.ihook.pytest_runtest_logstart(nodeid=item.nodeid, location=item.location)
         reports = runtestprotocol(item, nextitem=nextitem, log=False)
 
-        for report in reports:  # 3 reports: setup, call, teardown
+        # Check all reports to see if any rerun is needed
+        # (So teardown report is checked before processing call (test))
+        except_found = False
+        for report in reports:
+            rerun_except_errors = _get_rerun_filter_regex(item, "rerun_except")
+            except_found = rerun_except_errors and _matches_any_rerun_except_error(
+                rerun_except_errors, report
+            )
+            if except_found:
+                # One of the reports has rerun_except error match,
+                # no need to scan the other reports
+                break
+
+        should_not_rerun = True
+        for report in reports:
             report.rerun = item.execution_count - 1
-            if _should_not_rerun(item, report, reruns):
+            should_not_rerun = _should_not_rerun(item, report, reruns) or except_found
+            if not should_not_rerun:
+                # One of the reports should rerun, no need to scan the other reports
+                break
+
+        for report in reports:  # 3 reports: setup, call, teardown
+            if should_not_rerun:
                 # last run or no failure detected, log normally
                 item.ihook.pytest_runtest_logreport(report=report)
             else:
diff --git a/tests/test_pytest_rerunfailures.py b/tests/test_pytest_rerunfailures.py
index 4e721ad..f1a9fd9 100644
--- a/tests/test_pytest_rerunfailures.py
+++ b/tests/test_pytest_rerunfailures.py
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def pytest_runtest_teardown(item):
             assert item.execution_count == 3"""
     )
     result = testdir.runpytest("--reruns", "2")
-    assert_outcomes(result, passed=3, rerun=2)
+    assert_outcomes(result, passed=1, rerun=2)
 
 
 def test_rerun_report(testdir):