diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index 91071a69992e..c239298e3dfc 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -2072,11 +2072,13 @@ function device_is_up($device, $record_perf = false)
             $type = 'down';
             $reason = $response['status_reason'];
 
-            if (! $consider_maintenance || (! $maintenance && $consider_maintenance)) {
-                // use current time as a starting point when an outage starts
-                $data = ['device_id' => $device['device_id'],
-                    'going_down' => time(), ];
-                dbInsert($data, 'device_outages');
+            if ($device['status'] != $response['status']) {
+                if (! $consider_maintenance || (! $maintenance && $consider_maintenance)) {
+                    // use current time as a starting point when an outage starts
+                    $data = ['device_id' => $device['device_id'],
+                        'going_down' => time(), ];
+                    dbInsert($data, 'device_outages');
+                }
             }
         }