diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index 53680620..fbd286c5 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -305,14 +305,13 @@ int trilogy_connect_send_socket(trilogy_conn_t *conn, trilogy_sock_t *sock)
         return rc;
 
     conn->socket = sock;
+    conn->packet_parser.sequence_number = 0;
+
     return TRILOGY_OK;
 }
 
 int trilogy_connect_recv(trilogy_conn_t *conn, trilogy_handshake_t *handshake_out)
 {
-    // reset the sequence number with each connect recv attempt
-    conn->packet_parser.sequence_number = 0;
-
     int rc = read_packet(conn);
 
     if (rc < 0) {