diff --git a/app/vmselect/promql/active_queries.go b/app/vmselect/promql/active_queries.go
index c013cfddc..079502dc5 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/promql/active_queries.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/promql/active_queries.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (aq *activeQueries) Add(ec *EvalConfig, q string) uint64 {
 	aqe.start = ec.Start
 	aqe.end = ec.End
 	aqe.step = ec.Step
-	aqe.qid = getNextActiveQueryID()
+	aqe.qid = atomic.AddUint64(&nextActiveQueryID, 1)
 	aqe.q = q
 	aqe.startTime = time.Now()
 
@@ -77,8 +77,4 @@ func (aq *activeQueries) GetAll() []activeQueryEntry {
 	return aqes
 }
 
-func getNextActiveQueryID() uint64 {
-	return atomic.AddUint64(&nextActiveQueryID, 1)
-}
-
 var nextActiveQueryID = uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())