diff --git a/app/models/domain.rb b/app/models/domain.rb
index 8222cea76..b705dacd8 100644
--- a/app/models/domain.rb
+++ b/app/models/domain.rb
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class Domain < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
   def update_whois_body
-    new_whois_body = <<-EOS
+    self.whois_body = <<-EOS
   This Whois Server contains information on
   Estonian Top Level Domain ee TLD
 
@@ -261,8 +261,6 @@ class Domain < ActiveRecord::Base
   changed: #{registrar.updated_at.to_s(:db)}
     EOS
 
-    return if whois_body == new_whois_body
-    update_column(whois_body: new_whois_body)
     update_whois_server
   end
   # handle_asynchronously :update_whois_body
diff --git a/spec/models/domain_spec.rb b/spec/models/domain_spec.rb
index 11d33b964..3d672df95 100644
--- a/spec/models/domain_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/domain_spec.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe Domain do
     end
 
     it 'should not have whois_body present by default' do
-      @domain.whois_body.present?.should == false
+      @domain.whois_body.present?.should == true
     end
 
     context 'with versioning' do