diff --git a/static/js/tabpane-persist.js b/static/js/tabpane-persist.js
index 80fb9fc5ba..2362130754 100644
--- a/static/js/tabpane-persist.js
+++ b/static/js/tabpane-persist.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function tdPersistKey(key, value) {
 }
 
 // Retrieve, increment, and store tab-select event count, then returns it.
-function tdGetTabSelectEventCount() {
+function tdGetTabSelectEventCountAndInc() {
   // @requires: tdSupportsLocalStorage();
 
   const storedCount = localStorage.getItem(td_persistCounterStorageKeyName);
@@ -59,10 +59,15 @@ function tdActivateTabsWithKey(key) {
 function tdPersistActiveTab(activeTabKey) {
   if (!_tdSupportsLocalStorage()) return;
 
-  tdPersistKey(_tdStoragePersistKey(activeTabKey), tdGetTabSelectEventCount());
+  tdPersistKey(
+    _tdStoragePersistKey(activeTabKey),
+    tdGetTabSelectEventCountAndInc()
+  );
   tdActivateTabsWithKey(activeTabKey);
 }
 
+// Handlers
+
 function tdGetAndActivatePersistedTabs(tabs) {
   // Get unique persistence keys of tabs in this page
   var keyOfTabsInThisPage = [