diff --git a/src/node/db/Pad.js b/src/node/db/Pad.js
index 0379f512a..664ad55ff 100644
--- a/src/node/db/Pad.js
+++ b/src/node/db/Pad.js
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ Pad.prototype.appendRevision = async function (aChangeset, author) {
   }
 
   await Promise.all(p);
+  return newRev;
 };
 
 // save all attributes to the database
diff --git a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
index 2c8c7ad77..cdc795a3d 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
@@ -639,8 +639,8 @@ const handleUserChanges = async (socket, message) => {
           `${Changeset.oldLen(rebasedChangeset)} to document of length ${prevText.length}`);
     }
 
-    await pad.appendRevision(rebasedChangeset, thisSession.author);
-    assert.equal(pad.getHeadRevisionNumber(), r + 1);
+    const newRev = await pad.appendRevision(rebasedChangeset, thisSession.author);
+    assert.equal(newRev, r + 1);
 
     const correctionChangeset = _correctMarkersInPad(pad.atext, pad.pool);
     if (correctionChangeset) {
@@ -656,14 +656,9 @@ const handleUserChanges = async (socket, message) => {
     // The client assumes that ACCEPT_COMMIT and NEW_CHANGES messages arrive in order. Make sure we
     // have already sent any previous ACCEPT_COMMIT and NEW_CHANGES messages.
     assert.equal(thisSession.rev, r);
-    socket.json.send({
-      type: 'COLLABROOM',
-      data: {
-        type: 'ACCEPT_COMMIT',
-        newRev: ++thisSession.rev,
-      },
-    });
-    thisSession.time = await pad.getRevisionDate(thisSession.rev);
+    socket.json.send({type: 'COLLABROOM', data: {type: 'ACCEPT_COMMIT', newRev}});
+    thisSession.rev = newRev;
+    thisSession.time = await pad.getRevisionDate(newRev);
     await exports.updatePadClients(pad);
   } catch (err) {
     socket.json.send({disconnect: 'badChangeset'});