diff --git includes/database/database.inc includes/database/database.inc
index 81f04fb..4b07586 100644
--- includes/database/database.inc
+++ includes/database/database.inc
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ abstract class DatabaseConnection extends PDO {
     }
     // The transaction gets committed when the transaction object gets
     // destructed because it gets out of scope.
-    return $new_value;
+    return $this->query('SELECT MAX(value) + 1 FROM {sequences}')->fetchField();
   }
 }