diff --git a/app/jobs/domain_update_confirm_job.rb b/app/jobs/domain_update_confirm_job.rb
index b63b70d88..f6e28e2c3 100644
--- a/app/jobs/domain_update_confirm_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/domain_update_confirm_job.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class DomainUpdateConfirmJob < Que::Job
         DomainMailer.pending_update_rejected_notification_for_new_registrant(domain).deliver_now
         domain.poll_message!(:poll_pending_update_rejected_by_registrant)
         domain.clean_pendings!
+        domain.instance_variable_set("@changed_attributes", domain.changed_attributes.merge("statuses"=>[]))
+        domain.save
       end
       destroy # it's best to destroy the job in the same transaction
     end