diff --git a/src/server/scripts/Spells/spell_paladin.cpp b/src/server/scripts/Spells/spell_paladin.cpp
index 7fc079c7b..8da044d6e 100644
--- a/src/server/scripts/Spells/spell_paladin.cpp
+++ b/src/server/scripts/Spells/spell_paladin.cpp
@@ -1975,8 +1975,10 @@ class spell_pal_seal_of_vengeance_aura : public AuraScript
     void Register() override
     {
         DoCheckProc += AuraCheckProcFn(spell_pal_seal_of_vengeance_aura::CheckProc);
-        OnEffectProc += AuraEffectProcFn(spell_pal_seal_of_vengeance_aura::HandleApplyDoT, EFFECT_0, SPELL_AURA_DUMMY);
+        // HandleSeal reads stacks BEFORE HandleApplyDoT increments them,
+        // so the attacking hit does not benefit from its own stack application.
         OnEffectProc += AuraEffectProcFn(spell_pal_seal_of_vengeance_aura::HandleSeal, EFFECT_0, SPELL_AURA_DUMMY);
+        OnEffectProc += AuraEffectProcFn(spell_pal_seal_of_vengeance_aura::HandleApplyDoT, EFFECT_0, SPELL_AURA_DUMMY);
     }
 
 private: