diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerMaster.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerMaster.cpp
index ad5e22a276..27f6b9299e 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerMaster.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerMaster.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ bool LedgerMaster::acquireMissingLedger(Ledger::ref origLedger, uint256 const& l
 				{
 					if (count++ == 0)
 						target = peer;
-					else if ((rand() % count) == 0)
+					else if ((rand() % ++count) == 0)
 						target = peer;
 				}
 			}