diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
index 2ee258b21d..d5fc2a4957 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
@@ -274,10 +274,6 @@ func (m *managerImpl) synchronize(diskInfoProvider DiskInfoProvider, podFunc Act
 	}
 	debugLogThresholdsWithObservation("thresholds - reclaim not satisfied", thresholds, observations)
 
-	// determine the set of thresholds whose stats have been updated since the last sync
-	thresholds = thresholdsUpdatedStats(thresholds, observations, m.lastObservations)
-	debugLogThresholdsWithObservation("thresholds - updated stats", thresholds, observations)
-
 	// track when a threshold was first observed
 	now := m.clock.Now()
 	thresholdsFirstObservedAt := thresholdsFirstObservedAt(thresholds, m.thresholdsFirstObservedAt, now)
@@ -307,6 +303,11 @@ func (m *managerImpl) synchronize(diskInfoProvider DiskInfoProvider, podFunc Act
 	m.thresholdsFirstObservedAt = thresholdsFirstObservedAt
 	m.nodeConditionsLastObservedAt = nodeConditionsLastObservedAt
 	m.thresholdsMet = thresholds
+
+	// determine the set of thresholds whose stats have been updated since the last sync
+	thresholds = thresholdsUpdatedStats(thresholds, observations, m.lastObservations)
+	debugLogThresholdsWithObservation("thresholds - updated stats", thresholds, observations)
+
 	m.lastObservations = observations
 	m.Unlock()