diff --git a/src/telegram.cpp b/src/telegram.cpp
index dfca8afca..d0167945d 100644
--- a/src/telegram.cpp
+++ b/src/telegram.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void RxService::add(uint8_t * data, uint8_t length) {
     // validate the CRC. if it fails then increment the number of corrupt/incomplete telegrams and only report to console/syslog
     uint8_t crc = calculate_crc(data, length - 1);
     if (data[length - 1] != crc) {
-        increment_telegram_error_count();
+        telegram_error_count_++;
         LOG_ERROR(F("Rx: %s (CRC %02X != %02X)"), Helpers::data_to_hex(data, length).c_str(), data[length - 1], crc);
         return;
     }
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ void RxService::add(uint8_t * data, uint8_t length) {
     // check if queue is full, if so remove top item to make space
     if (rx_telegrams_.size() >= MAX_RX_TELEGRAMS) {
         rx_telegrams_.pop_front();
-        increment_telegram_error_count();
     }
 
     rx_telegrams_.emplace_back(rx_telegram_id_++, std::move(telegram)); // add to queue