diff --git a/stores/sqlstore.go b/stores/sqlstore.go
index cde26161..430efb77 100644
--- a/stores/sqlstore.go
+++ b/stores/sqlstore.go
@@ -2033,14 +2033,13 @@ func (ss *SQLSubStore) flush() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	for subid, ap := range ss.cache.subs {
-		prevLastSent := ap.prevLastSent
-		ap.prevLastSent = ap.lastSent
 		if len(ap.msgs) == 0 && len(ap.acks) == 0 {
 			// Update subscription's lastSent column if it has changed.
-			if ap.lastSent != prevLastSent {
+			if ap.lastSent != ap.prevLastSent {
 				if _, err := tx.Exec(sqlStmts[sqlSubUpdateLastSent], ap.lastSent, ss.channelID, subid); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+				ap.prevLastSent = ap.lastSent
 			}
 			// Since there was no pending nor ack for this sub, simply continue
 			// with the next subscription.
diff --git a/stores/sqlstore_test.go b/stores/sqlstore_test.go
index 598019d9..14d17f38 100644
--- a/stores/sqlstore_test.go
+++ b/stores/sqlstore_test.go
@@ -1658,3 +1658,64 @@ func TestSQLRecoverWithMaxBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	s.Close()
 }
+
+func TestSQLSubStoreFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	if !doSQL {
+		t.SkipNow()
+	}
+	cleanupSQLDatastore(t)
+	defer cleanupSQLDatastore(t)
+
+	// Create a store with caching enabled
+	s, err := NewSQLStore(testLogger, testSQLDriver, testSQLSource, nil, SQLNoCaching(false))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error creating store: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+	info := testDefaultServerInfo
+	if err := s.Init(&info); err != nil {
+		s.Close()
+		t.Fatalf("Error on Init: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	channel := "foo"
+	cs := storeCreateChannel(t, s, channel)
+	lastSent := uint64(3)
+	for i := uint64(1); i <= lastSent; i++ {
+		storeMsg(t, cs, channel, i, []byte("msg"))
+	}
+
+	subID := storeSub(t, cs, channel)
+	for i := uint64(1); i <= lastSent; i++ {
+		storeSubPending(t, cs, channel, subID, i)
+		storeSubFlush(t, cs, channel)
+		storeSubAck(t, cs, channel, subID, i)
+		storeSubFlush(t, cs, channel)
+	}
+	s.Close()
+
+	// Recover
+	s, err = NewSQLStore(testLogger, testSQLDriver, testSQLSource, nil, SQLNoCaching(false))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error creating store: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+	state, err := s.Recover()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error on recovery")
+	}
+	if count := len(state.Channels); count != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 channel, got %v", count)
+	}
+	rc := state.Channels[channel]
+	if count := len(rc.Subscriptions); count != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 subscription, got %v", count)
+	}
+	rs := rc.Subscriptions[0]
+	if count := len(rs.Pending); count != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected no pending message, got %v", count)
+	}
+	if rs.Sub.LastSent != lastSent {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected last sent to be %v, got %v", lastSent, rs.Sub.LastSent)
+	}
+}