diff --git a/test/mesh/mesh.c b/test/mesh/mesh.c
index d4a96a7a4..e76960c30 100644
--- a/test/mesh/mesh.c
+++ b/test/mesh/mesh.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static void packet_handler (uint8_t packet_type, uint16_t channel, uint8_t *pack
                     if (prov_len){
                         mesh_setup_from_provisioning_data(&provisioning_data);
                         // load iv index
-                        mesh_load_iv_index_and_sequence_number();
+                        mesh_restore_iv_index_and_sequence_number();
                         // load network keys
                         mesh_load_network_keys();
                         // load app keys
diff --git a/test/mesh/mesh_access.c b/test/mesh/mesh_access.c
index e45e4ae37..fee1bbdd2 100644
--- a/test/mesh/mesh_access.c
+++ b/test/mesh/mesh_access.c
@@ -1374,6 +1374,11 @@ typedef struct {
     uint32_t seq_number;
 } iv_index_and_sequence_number_t;
 
+static uint32_t sequence_number_last_stored;
+static uint32_t sequence_number_storage_trigger;
+
+#define MESH_SEQUENCE_NUMBER_STORAGE_INTERVAL 1000
+
 void mesh_store_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void){
     iv_index_and_sequence_number_t data;
     mesh_access_setup_tlv();
@@ -1381,8 +1386,12 @@ void mesh_store_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void){
     data.iv_index   = mesh_get_iv_index();
     data.seq_number = mesh_sequence_number_peek();
     btstack_tlv_singleton_impl->get_tag(btstack_tlv_singleton_context, tag, (uint8_t *) &data, sizeof(data));
+
+    sequence_number_last_stored = data.seq_number;
+    sequence_number_storage_trigger = sequence_number_last_stored + MESH_SEQUENCE_NUMBER_STORAGE_INTERVAL;
 }
-void mesh_load_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void){
+
+static void mesh_load_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void){
     iv_index_and_sequence_number_t data;
     mesh_access_setup_tlv();
     uint32_t tag = mesh_tag_for_iv_index_and_seq_number();
@@ -1391,6 +1400,21 @@ void mesh_load_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void){
     mesh_sequence_number_set(data.seq_number);
 }
 
+void mesh_restore_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void){
+    mesh_load_iv_index_and_sequence_number();
+
+    // bump sequence number to account for only interval storage
+    uint32_t seq_number = mesh_sequence_number_peek();
+    seq_number += MESH_SEQUENCE_NUMBER_STORAGE_INTERVAL;
+    mesh_sequence_number_set(seq_number);
+
+    mesh_store_iv_index_and_sequence_number();
+}
+
+// higher layer
+void mesh_persist_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void){
+}
+
 
 // Mesh Model Publication
 static btstack_timer_source_t mesh_access_publication_timer;
diff --git a/test/mesh/mesh_access.h b/test/mesh/mesh_access.h
index 87eb37f56..c4f27ed24 100644
--- a/test/mesh/mesh_access.h
+++ b/test/mesh/mesh_access.h
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ int mesh_model_contains_appkey(mesh_model_t * mesh_model, uint16_t appkey_index)
 
 // Mesh IV Index and sequence number
 void mesh_store_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void);
-void mesh_load_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void);
+void mesh_persist_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void);
+void mesh_restore_iv_index_and_sequence_number(void);
 
 // Mesh Access Parser
 int mesh_access_pdu_get_opcode(mesh_pdu_t * pdu, uint32_t * opcode, uint16_t * opcode_size);
@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@ void mesh_access_network_add_model_identifier(mesh_network_pdu_t * pdu, uint32_t
 mesh_network_pdu_t * mesh_access_setup_unsegmented_message(const mesh_access_message_t *template, ...);
 mesh_transport_pdu_t * mesh_access_setup_segmented_message(const mesh_access_message_t *template, ...);
 
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* end of extern "C" */
 #endif