diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.cpp
index fbb7eff41a..3bd6d4cf03 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ SentPacketHistory::SentPacketHistory(int size)
 
 }
 
-void SentPacketHistory::packetSent(uint16_t sequenceNumber, const NLPacket& packet) {
-
+void SentPacketHistory::untrackedPacketSent(uint16_t sequenceNumber) {
     // check if given seq number has the expected value.  if not, something's wrong with
     // the code calling this function
     uint16_t expectedSequenceNumber = _newestSequenceNumber + (uint16_t)1;
@@ -34,6 +33,10 @@ void SentPacketHistory::packetSent(uint16_t sequenceNumber, const NLPacket& pack
             << "Expected:" << expectedSequenceNumber << "Actual:" << sequenceNumber;
     }
     _newestSequenceNumber = sequenceNumber;
+}
+
+void SentPacketHistory::packetSent(uint16_t sequenceNumber, const NLPacket& packet) {
+    untrackedPacketSent(sequenceNumber);
 
     QWriteLocker locker(&_packetsLock);
     _sentPackets.insert(NLPacket::createCopy(packet));
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.h b/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.h
index 72150658e3..dc92d38b25 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class SentPacketHistory {
 public:
     SentPacketHistory(int size = MAX_REASONABLE_SEQUENCE_GAP);
 
+    void untrackedPacketSent(uint16_t sequenceNumber);
+
     void packetSent(uint16_t sequenceNumber, const NLPacket& packet);
     const NLPacket* getPacket(uint16_t sequenceNumber) const;
 
diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.cpp b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.cpp
index 9cb383df41..7e46831faa 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.cpp
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.cpp
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ void OctreeEditPacketSender::queueOctreeEditMessage(PacketType type, QByteArray&
                     // release the new packet
                     releaseQueuedPacketList(nodeUUID, std::move(newPacket));
 
+                    // tell the sent packet history that we used a sequence number for an untracked packet
+                    auto& sentPacketHistory = _sentPacketHistories[nodeUUID];
+                    sentPacketHistory.untrackedPacketSent(sequence);
                 } else {
 
                     std::unique_ptr<NLPacket>& bufferedPacket = _pendingEditPackets[nodeUUID].first; //only a NLPacket for now