diff --git a/src/descrambler/capmt.c b/src/descrambler/capmt.c
index e65010f2..7e68347a 100644
--- a/src/descrambler/capmt.c
+++ b/src/descrambler/capmt.c
@@ -1001,6 +1001,7 @@ capmt_service_start(service_t *s)
     tvhcsa_init(&ct->ct_csa);
     ct->ct_capmt    = capmt;
     ct->ct_service  = t;
+    ct->ct_seq      = capmt->capmt_seq++;
 
 
     TAILQ_FOREACH(st, &t->s_components, es_link) {