diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkIdentity.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkIdentity.cs
index 645c024f7..6148a478f 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkIdentity.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkIdentity.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ public struct NetworkIdentitySerialization
         public int tick;
         public NetworkWriter ownerWriter;
         public NetworkWriter observersWriter;
+
+        public void ResetWriters()
+        {
+            ownerWriter.Position = 0;
+            observersWriter.Position = 0;
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>NetworkIdentity identifies objects across the network.</summary>
@@ -1131,8 +1137,7 @@ internal NetworkIdentitySerialization GetServerSerializationAtTick(int tick)
                )
             {
                 // reset
-                lastSerialization.ownerWriter.Position = 0;
-                lastSerialization.observersWriter.Position = 0;
+                lastSerialization.ResetWriters();
 
                 // serialize
                 SerializeServer(false,