diff --git a/poller_maintenance.php b/poller_maintenance.php
index 5b2e66b33a..f69b0a2946 100644
--- a/poller_maintenance.php
+++ b/poller_maintenance.php
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ function rrdfile_purge($force) {
 		set_config_option('rrdcleaner_last_run_time', time());
 
 		$poller_end = microtime(true);
-		$string     = sprintf('RRDMAINT STATS: Time:%4.4f Purged:%s Archived:%s', ($poller_end - $poller_start), $purged, $archived);
-
+		set_config_option('rrdcleaner_last_run_time', time());
+		$string = sprintf('RRDMAINT STATS: Time:%4.4f Purged:%s Archived:%s', ($poller_end - $poller_start), $purged, $archived);
 		cacti_log($string, true, 'SYSTEM');
 	}
 }