diff --git a/src/wallet/db.cpp b/src/wallet/db.cpp
index 25f6bdd9d..7e1b94ffa 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/db.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,16 @@ void CDB::Flush()
     env->dbenv->txn_checkpoint(nMinutes ? GetArg("-dblogsize", DEFAULT_WALLET_DBLOGSIZE) * 1024 : 0, nMinutes, 0);
 }
 
+void CWalletDBWrapper::IncrementUpdateCounter()
+{
+    ++nUpdateCounter;
+}
+
+unsigned int CWalletDBWrapper::GetUpdateCounter()
+{
+    return nUpdateCounter.load();
+}
+
 void CDB::Close()
 {
     if (!pdb)
diff --git a/src/wallet/db.h b/src/wallet/db.h
index 3c6870d16..1a583c3ce 100644
--- a/src/wallet/db.h
+++ b/src/wallet/db.h
@@ -119,10 +119,14 @@ public:
      */
     void Flush(bool shutdown);
 
+    void IncrementUpdateCounter();
+    unsigned int GetUpdateCounter();
+
 private:
     /** BerkeleyDB specific */
     CDBEnv *env;
     std::string strFile;
+    std::atomic<unsigned int> nUpdateCounter;
 
     /** Return whether this database handle is a dummy for testing.
      * Only to be used at a low level, application should ideally not care
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 547daf5c6..9d49b7230 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -3884,7 +3884,7 @@ CWallet* CWallet::CreateWalletFromFile(const std::string walletFile)
         walletInstance->ScanForWalletTransactions(pindexRescan, true);
         LogPrintf(" rescan      %15dms\n", GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
         walletInstance->SetBestChain(chainActive.GetLocator());
-        CWalletDB::IncrementUpdateCounter();
+        walletInstance->dbw->IncrementUpdateCounter();
 
         // Restore wallet transaction metadata after -zapwallettxes=1
         if (GetBoolArg("-zapwallettxes", false) && GetArg("-zapwallettxes", "1") != "2")
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index 75dbb2edf..149d0e0c2 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 
-static std::atomic<unsigned int> nWalletDBUpdateCounter;
-
 //
 // CWalletDB
 //
@@ -762,20 +760,22 @@ void MaybeCompactWalletDB()
         return;
     }
 
-    static unsigned int nLastSeen = CWalletDB::GetUpdateCounter();
-    static unsigned int nLastFlushed = CWalletDB::GetUpdateCounter();
+    CWalletDBWrapper& dbh = pwalletMain->GetDBHandle();
+
+    static unsigned int nLastSeen = dbh.GetUpdateCounter();
+    static unsigned int nLastFlushed = dbh.GetUpdateCounter();
     static int64_t nLastWalletUpdate = GetTime();
 
-    if (nLastSeen != CWalletDB::GetUpdateCounter())
+    if (nLastSeen != dbh.GetUpdateCounter())
     {
-        nLastSeen = CWalletDB::GetUpdateCounter();
+        nLastSeen = dbh.GetUpdateCounter();
         nLastWalletUpdate = GetTime();
     }
 
-    if (nLastFlushed != CWalletDB::GetUpdateCounter() && GetTime() - nLastWalletUpdate >= 2)
+    if (nLastFlushed != dbh.GetUpdateCounter() && GetTime() - nLastWalletUpdate >= 2)
     {
-        if (CDB::PeriodicFlush(pwalletMain->GetDBHandle())) {
-            nLastFlushed = CWalletDB::GetUpdateCounter();
+        if (CDB::PeriodicFlush(dbh)) {
+            nLastFlushed = dbh.GetUpdateCounter();
         }
     }
     fOneThread = false;
@@ -845,16 +845,6 @@ bool CWalletDB::WriteHDChain(const CHDChain& chain)
     return WriteIC(std::string("hdchain"), chain);
 }
 
-void CWalletDB::IncrementUpdateCounter()
-{
-    nWalletDBUpdateCounter++;
-}
-
-unsigned int CWalletDB::GetUpdateCounter()
-{
-    return nWalletDBUpdateCounter;
-}
-
 bool CWalletDB::TxnBegin()
 {
     return batch.TxnBegin();
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.h b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
index 5f9aec9af..64cebd433 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.h
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ private:
         if (!batch.Write(key, value, fOverwrite)) {
             return false;
         }
-        IncrementUpdateCounter();
+        m_dbw.IncrementUpdateCounter();
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -157,13 +157,14 @@ private:
         if (!batch.Erase(key)) {
             return false;
         }
-        IncrementUpdateCounter();
+        m_dbw.IncrementUpdateCounter();
         return true;
     }
 
 public:
     CWalletDB(CWalletDBWrapper& dbw, const char* pszMode = "r+", bool _fFlushOnClose = true) :
-        batch(dbw, pszMode, _fFlushOnClose)
+        batch(dbw, pszMode, _fFlushOnClose),
+        m_dbw(dbw)
     {
     }
 
@@ -232,9 +233,6 @@ public:
     //! write the hdchain model (external chain child index counter)
     bool WriteHDChain(const CHDChain& chain);
 
-    static void IncrementUpdateCounter();
-    static unsigned int GetUpdateCounter();
-
     //! Begin a new transaction
     bool TxnBegin();
     //! Commit current transaction
@@ -247,6 +245,7 @@ public:
     bool WriteVersion(int nVersion);
 private:
     CDB batch;
+    CWalletDBWrapper& m_dbw;
 
     CWalletDB(const CWalletDB&);
     void operator=(const CWalletDB&);