diff --git a/ipmbbridged.cpp b/ipmbbridged.cpp
index 78b1c7f..678c750 100644
--- a/ipmbbridged.cpp
+++ b/ipmbbridged.cpp
@@ -316,11 +316,7 @@
 
     for (int i = 0; i < ipmbMaxOutstandingRequestsCount; i++)
     {
-        seqNum = ++seqNum & ipmbSeqMask;
-        if (seqNum == ipmbMaxOutstandingRequestsCount)
-        {
-            seqNum = 0;
-        }
+        seqNum = (seqNum + 1) % ipmbMaxOutstandingRequestsCount;
 
         if (outstandingRequests[seqNum] == nullptr)
         {
diff --git a/ipmbbridged.hpp b/ipmbbridged.hpp
index 77c1dbd..08c68e8 100644
--- a/ipmbbridged.hpp
+++ b/ipmbbridged.hpp
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
  */
 constexpr uint8_t ipmbNetFnResponseMask = 0x01;
 constexpr uint8_t ipmbLunMask = 0x03;
-constexpr uint8_t ipmbSeqMask = 0x3F;
 constexpr uint8_t ipmbRsLun = 0x0;
 
 /**