diff --git a/src/rsrv/camessage.c b/src/rsrv/camessage.c
index bf24dffe4..30b301ba9 100644
--- a/src/rsrv/camessage.c
+++ b/src/rsrv/camessage.c
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ LOCAL void *casCalloc (size_t count, size_t size);
 
 LOCAL void *casMalloc (size_t size);
 
+LOCAL unsigned 	nextRsrvResourceID;
+
 
 /*
  * CAMESSAGE()
@@ -1746,7 +1748,6 @@ struct dbAddr	*pAddr,
 unsigned	cid
 )
 {
-	static unsigned 	bucketID;
 	unsigned		*pCID;
 	struct channel_in_use 	*pchannel;
 	int			status;
@@ -1783,7 +1784,7 @@ unsigned	cid
 		 * bypass read only warning
 		 */
 		pCID = (unsigned *) &pchannel->sid;
-		*pCID = bucketID++;
+		*pCID = nextRsrvResourceID++;
 
 		/*
 		 * Verify that this id is not in use
@@ -2201,3 +2202,10 @@ LOCAL void *casMalloc(size_t size)
         return malloc(size);
 }
 
+/*
+ * getNextRsrvResourceID()
+ */
+unsigned getNextRsrvResourceID()
+{
+	return nextRsrvResourceID;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/rsrv/caservertask.c b/src/rsrv/caservertask.c
index 831bf617d..e5b5d00c3 100644
--- a/src/rsrv/caservertask.c
+++ b/src/rsrv/caservertask.c
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@ void casr (unsigned level)
 			freeListItemsAvail (rsrvChanFreeList),
 			freeListItemsAvail (rsrvEventFreeList));
 
+		printf ("The next resource ID allocated will be %u\n", getNextRsrvResourceID());
+
 		if(pCaBucket){
 			printf(	"The server's resource id conversion table:\n");
 			FASTLOCK(&clientQlock);
diff --git a/src/rsrv/server.h b/src/rsrv/server.h
index 10ba70eaf..db1e14a52 100644
--- a/src/rsrv/server.h
+++ b/src/rsrv/server.h
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ struct client   *pc
 
 void write_notify_reply(void *pArg);
 
+unsigned getNextRsrvResourceID();
+
 /*
  * !!KLUDGE!!
  *