diff --git a/src/Conn.cc b/src/Conn.cc
index 8baf383cfb..1a27863f94 100644
--- a/src/Conn.cc
+++ b/src/Conn.cc
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ void Connection::SetInactivityTimeout(double timeout)
 
 void Connection::EnableStatusUpdateTimer()
 	{
+	if ( installed_status_timer )
+		return;
+
 	if ( connection_status_update && zeek::detail::connection_status_update_interval )
 		{
 		ADD_TIMER(&Connection::StatusUpdateTimer,
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/core.connection_status_update/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/core.connection_status_update/out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8488912f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/core.connection_status_update/out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+### BTest baseline data generated by btest-diff. Do not edit. Use "btest -U/-u" to update. Requires BTest >= 0.63.
+new_connection, [orig_h=172.16.133.2, orig_p=8/icmp, resp_h=172.217.11.78, resp_p=0/icmp]
+connection_status_update, 1, [orig_h=172.16.133.2, orig_p=8/icmp, resp_h=172.217.11.78, resp_p=0/icmp]
+connection_status_update, 2, [orig_h=172.16.133.2, orig_p=8/icmp, resp_h=172.217.11.78, resp_p=0/icmp]
+connection_status_update, 3, [orig_h=172.16.133.2, orig_p=8/icmp, resp_h=172.217.11.78, resp_p=0/icmp]
+connection_status_update, 4, [orig_h=172.16.133.2, orig_p=8/icmp, resp_h=172.217.11.78, resp_p=0/icmp]
diff --git a/testing/btest/Traces/icmp/5-pings.pcap b/testing/btest/Traces/icmp/5-pings.pcap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61e32c996e
Binary files /dev/null and b/testing/btest/Traces/icmp/5-pings.pcap differ
diff --git a/testing/btest/core/connection_status_update.zeek b/testing/btest/core/connection_status_update.zeek
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6716113fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/core/connection_status_update.zeek
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# @TEST-EXEC: zeek -b -C -r $TRACES/icmp/5-pings.pcap %INPUT >out
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff out
+
+global update_count = 0;
+global connection_status_update_interval = 1sec;
+
+event new_connection(c: connection)
+	{ print "new_connection", c$id; }
+
+event connection_status_update(c: connection)
+	{ print "connection_status_update", ++update_count, c$id; }