diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 3e000d2a9..547daf5c6 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -2871,7 +2871,7 @@ bool CWallet::AddAccountingEntry(const CAccountingEntry& acentry)
 
 bool CWallet::AddAccountingEntry(const CAccountingEntry& acentry, CWalletDB *pwalletdb)
 {
-    if (!pwalletdb->WriteAccountingEntry_Backend(acentry))
+    if (!pwalletdb->WriteAccountingEntry(++nAccountingEntryNumber, acentry))
         return false;
 
     laccentries.push_back(acentry);
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index a3974bf00..6236b5e56 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ public:
         nMasterKeyMaxID = 0;
         pwalletdbEncryption = NULL;
         nOrderPosNext = 0;
+        nAccountingEntryNumber = 0;
         nNextResend = 0;
         nLastResend = 0;
         nTimeFirstKey = 0;
@@ -802,6 +803,7 @@ public:
     TxItems wtxOrdered;
 
     int64_t nOrderPosNext;
+    uint64_t nAccountingEntryNumber;
     std::map<uint256, int> mapRequestCount;
 
     std::map<CTxDestination, CAddressBookData> mapAddressBook;
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index f0d7f44ec..75dbb2edf 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 
-static uint64_t nAccountingEntryNumber = 0;
-
 static std::atomic<unsigned int> nWalletDBUpdateCounter;
 
 //
@@ -180,11 +178,6 @@ bool CWalletDB::WriteAccountingEntry(const uint64_t nAccEntryNum, const CAccount
     return WriteIC(std::make_pair(std::string("acentry"), std::make_pair(acentry.strAccount, nAccEntryNum)), acentry);
 }
 
-bool CWalletDB::WriteAccountingEntry_Backend(const CAccountingEntry& acentry)
-{
-    return WriteAccountingEntry(++nAccountingEntryNumber, acentry);
-}
-
 CAmount CWalletDB::GetAccountCreditDebit(const std::string& strAccount)
 {
     std::list<CAccountingEntry> entries;
@@ -321,8 +314,9 @@ ReadKeyValue(CWallet* pwallet, CDataStream& ssKey, CDataStream& ssValue,
             ssKey >> strAccount;
             uint64_t nNumber;
             ssKey >> nNumber;
-            if (nNumber > nAccountingEntryNumber)
-                nAccountingEntryNumber = nNumber;
+            if (nNumber > pwallet->nAccountingEntryNumber) {
+                pwallet->nAccountingEntryNumber = nNumber;
+            }
 
             if (!wss.fAnyUnordered)
             {
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.h b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
index 0fafdb6a1..5f9aec9af 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.h
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ public:
     /// This writes directly to the database, and will not update the CWallet's cached accounting entries!
     /// Use wallet.AddAccountingEntry instead, to write *and* update its caches.
     bool WriteAccountingEntry(const uint64_t nAccEntryNum, const CAccountingEntry& acentry);
-    bool WriteAccountingEntry_Backend(const CAccountingEntry& acentry);
     bool ReadAccount(const std::string& strAccount, CAccount& account);
     bool WriteAccount(const std::string& strAccount, const CAccount& account);