diff --git a/src/journal/sd-journal.c b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
index 71967a0f333..86afb4985d8 100644
--- a/src/journal/sd-journal.c
+++ b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
@@ -2424,6 +2424,7 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_process(sd_journal *j) {
         assert_return(!journal_pid_changed(j), -ECHILD);
 
         j->last_process_usec = now(CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+        j->last_invalidate_counter = j->current_invalidate_counter;
 
         for (;;) {
                 union inotify_event_buffer buffer;