diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/PooledRandomSource.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/PooledRandomSource.java
index 8011a5350..1dd212cf2 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/PooledRandomSource.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/PooledRandomSource.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class PooledRandomSource extends RandomSource {
 
     private final RandomSource pickPRNG() {
         int i = _nextPool;
-        _nextPool = (_nextPool++) % POOL_SIZE;
+        _nextPool = (++_nextPool) % POOL_SIZE;
         return _pool[i];
     }