diff --git a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/crypto/StreamEncrypterImpl.java b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/crypto/StreamEncrypterImpl.java
index d64cc4aae85d34ac242c0a264b17d106b9393416..2a060b03faf69e149ca81424539491ac6427db36 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/crypto/StreamEncrypterImpl.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/crypto/StreamEncrypterImpl.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class StreamEncrypterImpl implements StreamEncrypter {
 		System.arraycopy(frameKey.getBytes(), 0, streamHeaderPlaintext,
 				INT_16_BYTES + INT_64_BYTES, SecretKey.LENGTH);
 		byte[] streamHeaderCiphertext = new byte[STREAM_HEADER_LENGTH];
-		System.arraycopy(this.streamHeaderNonce, 0, streamHeaderCiphertext, 0,
+		System.arraycopy(streamHeaderNonce, 0, streamHeaderCiphertext, 0,
 				STREAM_HEADER_NONCE_LENGTH);
 		// Encrypt and authenticate the stream header key
 		try {