diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/actors/device/DeviceActorMessageProcessor.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/actors/device/DeviceActorMessageProcessor.java
index cd7a7be4df..50e237ac73 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/actors/device/DeviceActorMessageProcessor.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/actors/device/DeviceActorMessageProcessor.java
@@ -271,13 +271,9 @@ public class DeviceActorMessageProcessor extends AbstractContextAwareMsgProcesso
     }
 
     private ToDeviceRpcRequestMsg createToDeviceRpcRequestMsg(ToDeviceRpcRequest request) {
-        return createToDeviceRpcRequestMsg(request, rpcSeq++);
-    }
-
-    private ToDeviceRpcRequestMsg createToDeviceRpcRequestMsg(ToDeviceRpcRequest request, int rpcSeq) {
         ToDeviceRpcRequestBody body = request.getBody();
         return ToDeviceRpcRequestMsg.newBuilder()
-                .setRequestId(rpcSeq)
+                .setRequestId(rpcSeq++)
                 .setMethodName(body.getMethod())
                 .setParams(body.getParams())
                 .setExpirationTime(request.getExpirationTime())