diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/OvsTunnelManagerImpl.java b/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/OvsTunnelManagerImpl.java
index 804f29c01b1e..26f65668e80a 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/OvsTunnelManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/OvsTunnelManagerImpl.java
@@ -888,46 +888,30 @@ private boolean sendVpcRoutingPolicyChangeUpdate(OvsVpcRoutingPolicyConfigComman
     }
 
     private long getNextTopologyUpdateSequenceNumber(final long vpcId) {
-
-        try {
-            return  Transaction.execute(new TransactionCallback<Long>() {
-                @Override
-                public Long doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
-                    VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO seqVo = _vpcDrSeqNoDao.findByVpcId(vpcId);
-                    if (seqVo == null) {
-                        seqVo = new VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO(vpcId);
-                        _vpcDrSeqNoDao.persist(seqVo);
-                    }
-                    seqVo = _vpcDrSeqNoDao.lockRow(seqVo.getId(), true);
-                    seqVo.incrTopologyUpdateSequenceNo();
-                    _vpcDrSeqNoDao.update(seqVo.getId(), seqVo);
-                    return seqVo.getTopologyUpdateSequenceNo();
+        return Transaction.execute(new TransactionCallback<Long>() {
+            @Override
+            public Long doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
+                VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO seqVo = _vpcDrSeqNoDao.findByVpcId(vpcId);
+                if (seqVo == null) {
+                    seqVo = new VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO(vpcId);
+                    seqVo = _vpcDrSeqNoDao.persist(seqVo);
                 }
-            });
-        } finally {
-
-        }
+                return _vpcDrSeqNoDao.incrementAndGetTopologySeqNo(seqVo.getId());
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     private long getNextRoutingPolicyUpdateSequenceNumber(final long vpcId) {
-
-        try {
-            return  Transaction.execute(new TransactionCallback<Long>() {
-                @Override
-                public Long doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
-                    VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO seqVo = _vpcDrSeqNoDao.findByVpcId(vpcId);
-                    if (seqVo == null) {
-                        seqVo = new VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO(vpcId);
-                        _vpcDrSeqNoDao.persist(seqVo);
-                    }
-                    seqVo = _vpcDrSeqNoDao.lockRow(seqVo.getId(), true);
-                    seqVo.incrPolicyUpdateSequenceNo();
-                    _vpcDrSeqNoDao.update(seqVo.getId(), seqVo);
-                    return seqVo.getPolicyUpdateSequenceNo();
+        return Transaction.execute(new TransactionCallback<Long>() {
+            @Override
+            public Long doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
+                VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO seqVo = _vpcDrSeqNoDao.findByVpcId(vpcId);
+                if (seqVo == null) {
+                    seqVo = new VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO(vpcId);
+                    seqVo = _vpcDrSeqNoDao.persist(seqVo);
                 }
-            });
-        } finally {
-
-        }
+                return _vpcDrSeqNoDao.incrementAndGetPolicySeqNo(seqVo.getId());
+            }
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/dao/VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDao.java b/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/dao/VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDao.java
index 9965510cc406..54dc89ad6aaa 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/dao/VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDao.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/dao/VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDao.java
@@ -20,4 +20,8 @@
 
 public interface VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDao extends GenericDao<VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO, Long> {
     VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO findByVpcId(long vpcId);
+
+    long incrementAndGetTopologySeqNo(long id);
+
+    long incrementAndGetPolicySeqNo(long id);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/dao/VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDaoImpl.java b/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/dao/VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDaoImpl.java
index eb9cbbc849af..b72aa93227b9 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/dao/VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDaoImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/ovs/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/ovs/dao/VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDaoImpl.java
@@ -17,16 +17,32 @@
 package com.cloud.network.ovs.dao;
 
 
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDaoBase;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchBuilder;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchCriteria;
+import com.cloud.utils.db.TransactionLegacy;
+import com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException;
 
 @Component
 public class VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO, Long> implements VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDao {
     private SearchBuilder<VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO> VpcIdSearch;
 
+    private static final String INCR_TOPOLOGY_SEQ_SQL =
+            "UPDATE `cloud`.`op_vpc_distributed_router_sequence_no` " +
+            "SET topology_update_sequence_no = LAST_INSERT_ID(topology_update_sequence_no + 1) WHERE id = ?";
+
+    private static final String INCR_POLICY_SEQ_SQL =
+            "UPDATE `cloud`.`op_vpc_distributed_router_sequence_no` " +
+            "SET routing_policy__update_sequence_no = LAST_INSERT_ID(routing_policy__update_sequence_no + 1) WHERE id = ?";
+
+    private static final String SELECT_LAST_INSERT_ID_SQL = "SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()";
+
     protected VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoDaoImpl() {
         VpcIdSearch = createSearchBuilder();
         VpcIdSearch.and("vmId", VpcIdSearch.entity().getVpcId(), SearchCriteria.Op.EQ);
@@ -40,4 +56,31 @@ public VpcDistributedRouterSeqNoVO findByVpcId(long vpcId) {
         return findOneIncludingRemovedBy(sc);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public long incrementAndGetTopologySeqNo(long id) {
+        return incrementAndGet(id, INCR_TOPOLOGY_SEQ_SQL, "topology");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long incrementAndGetPolicySeqNo(long id) {
+        return incrementAndGet(id, INCR_POLICY_SEQ_SQL, "policy");
+    }
+
+    private long incrementAndGet(long id, String updateSql, String seqType) {
+        TransactionLegacy txn = TransactionLegacy.currentTxn();
+        try {
+            PreparedStatement pstmt = txn.prepareAutoCloseStatement(updateSql);
+            pstmt.setLong(1, id);
+            pstmt.executeUpdate();
+            pstmt = txn.prepareAutoCloseStatement(SELECT_LAST_INSERT_ID_SQL);
+            ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
+            if (rs.next()) {
+                return rs.getLong(1);
+            }
+            throw new CloudRuntimeException("Failed to retrieve LAST_INSERT_ID after " + seqType + " seq increment for id: " + id);
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            throw new CloudRuntimeException("Error incrementing " + seqType + " sequence for id: " + id, e);
+        }
+    }
+
 }