diff --git a/src/monitor/src/monitor/HostMonitorManager.cc b/src/monitor/src/monitor/HostMonitorManager.cc
index c1f5eb90c3..38464414cf 100644
--- a/src/monitor/src/monitor/HostMonitorManager.cc
+++ b/src/monitor/src/monitor/HostMonitorManager.cc
@@ -551,14 +551,16 @@ void HostMonitorManager::error_monitor(int oid, const string& msg)
         return;
     }
 
-    host->monitor_in_progress(false);
-
     if (host->state() == Host::OFFLINE)
     {
         // Host is offline, we shouldn't receive monitoring
         return;
     }
 
+    host->monitor_in_progress(false);
+
+    host->last_monitored(time(nullptr));
+
     ostringstream oss;
 
     oss << Host::state_to_str(Host::ERROR) << " " << msg;