diff --git a/src/modules/HopScalingModule.cpp b/src/modules/HopScalingModule.cpp
index 217ea6a2d..77269043e 100644
--- a/src/modules/HopScalingModule.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/HopScalingModule.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ HopScalingModule::HopScalingModule() : concurrency::OSThread("HopScaling")
 void HopScalingModule::clear()
 {
     memset(entries, 0, sizeof(entries));
-    count = 0;
+    this->count = 0;
     samplingDenominator = DENOM_MIN;
     filteringDenominator = DENOM_MIN;
     filteringDenomHoldRollsRemaining = 0;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void HopScalingModule::samplePacketForHistogram(uint32_t nodeId, uint8_t hopCoun
         entries[count].nodeHash = hash;
         entries[count].hops_away = hopCount;
         entries[count].seenHoursAgo = 1u; // mark current hour
-        count++;
+        this->count++;
     } else {
         LOG_WARN("[HOPSCALE] Histogram full at samp=1/%u (DENOM_MAX=%u); dropping node hash=0x%04x; hop recommendation may be "
                  "skewed!!!",
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void HopScalingModule::trimIfNeeded()
             newCount++;
         }
     }
-    count = newCount;
+    this->count = newCount;
 
     // Step 2: if still too full, double the sampling denominator and remove non-matching entries.
     if (getFillPercentage() >= FILL_HIGH_PCT && samplingDenominator < DENOM_MAX) {