diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp
index ce89b60af6..5dfd35f70d 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void PacketReceiver::handleVerifiedPacket(std::unique_ptr<udt::Packet> packet) {
                 // if this was a sequence numbered packet we should store the last seq number for
                 // a packet of this type for this node
                 if (SEQUENCE_NUMBERED_PACKETS.contains(nlPacket->getType())) {
-                    matchingNode->setLastSequenceNumberForPacketType(packet->readSequenceNumber(), packet->getType());
+                    matchingNode->setLastSequenceNumberForPacketType(nlPacket->readSequenceNumber(), nlPacket->getType());
                 }
                 
                 emit dataReceived(matchingNode->getType(), nlPacket->getDataSize());