diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bl_bgq/bridge_status.cc b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bl_bgq/bridge_status.cc
index 84783c4b6c678d2025e50c8e92a5ea724975b4ff..c757c31ab66732d5c5741b63a4ba4c76bfe3e07f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bl_bgq/bridge_status.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bl_bgq/bridge_status.cc
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static void _handle_soft_error_midplane(ba_mp_t *ba_mp,
 			      bg_record->bg_block_id,
 			      bg_record->cnode_err_cnt,
 			      bg_record->err_ratio);
+		last_bg_update = time(NULL);
 	}
 	list_iterator_destroy(itr);
 }