diff --git a/src/components/policy/policy_external/src/update_status_manager.cc b/src/components/policy/policy_external/src/update_status_manager.cc
index 8b7635c25c2..78cafa044ca 100644
--- a/src/components/policy/policy_external/src/update_status_manager.cc
+++ b/src/components/policy/policy_external/src/update_status_manager.cc
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ UpdateStatusManager::~UpdateStatusManager() {
 void UpdateStatusManager::ProcessEvent(UpdateEvent event) {
   sync_primitives::AutoLock lock(status_lock_);
   current_status_->ProcessEvent(this, event);
+  last_processed_event_ = event;
   DoTransition();
 }