diff --git a/internal/eventlog/cursor/cursor.go b/internal/eventlog/cursor/cursor.go
index 9e17ceb45..215c79789 100644
--- a/internal/eventlog/cursor/cursor.go
+++ b/internal/eventlog/cursor/cursor.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (s *Source) nextCounter() int64 {
 func (s *Source) Cursor() Cursor {
 	return Cursor{
 		timestamp: uint64(s.timeIndex()),
-		sequence:  uint16(s.nextCounter() & 65535),
+		sequence:  uint16(s.nextCounter() & 0xffff),
 	}
 }