diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerClientData.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerClientData.cpp
index a4bf8fa253..288652715a 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerClientData.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerClientData.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ AvatarMixerClientData::AvatarMixerClientData(const QUuid& nodeID) :
     _avatar->setID(nodeID);
 }
 
+uint64_t AvatarMixerClientData::getLastOtherAvatarEncodeTime(QUuid otherAvatar) const {
+    std::unordered_map<QUuid, uint64_t>::const_iterator itr = _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime.find(otherAvatar);
+    if (itr != _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime.end()) {
+        return itr->second;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void AvatarMixerClientData::setLastOtherAvatarEncodeTime(const QUuid& otherAvatar, const uint64_t& time) {
+    std::unordered_map<QUuid, uint64_t>::iterator itr = _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime.find(otherAvatar);
+    if (itr != _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime.end()) {
+        itr->second = time;
+    } else {
+        _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime.emplace(std::pair<QUuid, uint64_t>(otherAvatar, time));
+    }
+}
+
 void AvatarMixerClientData::queuePacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> message, SharedNodePointer node) {
     if (!_packetQueue.node) {
         _packetQueue.node = node;
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerClientData.h b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerClientData.h
index 1a9da292ac..acd9be0702 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerClientData.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerClientData.h
@@ -112,14 +112,8 @@ public:
 
     ViewFrustum getViewFrustum() const { return _currentViewFrustum; }
 
-    quint64 getLastOtherAvatarEncodeTime(QUuid otherAvatar) {
-        quint64 result = 0;
-        if (_lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime.find(otherAvatar) != _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime.end()) {
-            result = _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime[otherAvatar];
-        }
-        _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime[otherAvatar] = usecTimestampNow();
-        return result;
-    }
+    uint64_t getLastOtherAvatarEncodeTime(QUuid otherAvatar) const;
+    void setLastOtherAvatarEncodeTime(const QUuid& otherAvatar, const uint64_t& time);
 
     QVector<JointData>& getLastOtherAvatarSentJoints(QUuid otherAvatar) {
         _lastOtherAvatarSentJoints[otherAvatar].resize(_avatar->getJointCount());
@@ -143,7 +137,7 @@ private:
 
     // this is a map of the last time we encoded an "other" avatar for
     // sending to "this" node
-    std::unordered_map<QUuid, quint64> _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime;
+    std::unordered_map<QUuid, uint64_t> _lastOtherAvatarEncodeTime;
     std::unordered_map<QUuid, QVector<JointData>> _lastOtherAvatarSentJoints;
 
     uint64_t _identityChangeTimestamp;
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
index 769789ef6f..9ea1ed3637 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void AvatarMixerSlave::broadcastAvatarDataToAgent(const SharedNodePointer& node)
     PrioritySortUtil::getAvatarAgeCallback = [&] (const AvatarSharedPointer& avatar) {
             auto avatarNode = avatarDataToNodes[avatar];
             assert(avatarNode); // we can't have gotten here without the avatarData being a valid key in the map
-            return nodeData->getLastBroadcastTime(avatarNode->getUUID());
+            return nodeData->getLastOtherAvatarEncodeTime(avatarNode->getUUID());
         };
 
     class SortableAvatar: public PrioritySortUtil::Sortable {
@@ -429,7 +429,11 @@ void AvatarMixerSlave::broadcastAvatarDataToAgent(const SharedNodePointer& node)
                 // set the last sent sequence number for this sender on the receiver
                 nodeData->setLastBroadcastSequenceNumber(otherNode->getUUID(),
                                                          otherNodeData->getLastReceivedSequenceNumber());
+                nodeData->setLastOtherAvatarEncodeTime(otherNode->getUUID(), usecTimestampNow());
             }
+        } else {
+            // TODO? this avatar is not included now, and will probably not be included next frame.
+            // It would be nice if we could tweak its future sort priority to put it at the back of the list.
         }
 
         avatarPacketList->endSegment();