diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store.go b/nomad/state/state_store.go
index 8416b0bb811..bcbc6c16787 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store.go
@@ -4440,28 +4440,15 @@ func (s *StateStore) setJobStatus(index uint64, txn *txn,
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Fast-path if nothing has changed.
+	// Fast-path if the job has changed.
+	// Still update the job summary if necessary.
 	if oldStatus == newStatus {
-		updated := job.Copy()
-		updated.ModifyIndex = index
-		if err := txn.Insert("jobs", updated); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("job insert failed: %v", err)
-		}
-		if err := txn.Insert("index", &IndexEntry{"jobs", index}); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("index update failed: %v", err)
-		}
 		if err := s.setJobSummary(txn, job, index, oldStatus, newStatus, firstPass); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		// initialize job summary
-		// initialize / update job summary
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// TODO (drew)
-	// not inserting the job again with modify index/status
-	// prevents job stability test pass
-
 	// Copy and update the existing job
 	updated := job.Copy()
 	updated.Status = newStatus
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store_test.go b/nomad/state/state_store_test.go
index 10f43ac6ad5..1c42e677f1c 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store_test.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store_test.go
@@ -6839,19 +6839,13 @@ func TestStateStore_UpdateJobStability(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Insert a job twice to get two versions
 	job := mock.Job()
-	if err := state.UpsertJob(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1, job); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, state.UpsertJob(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 1, job))
 
-	if err := state.UpsertJob(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 2, job); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, state.UpsertJob(structs.MsgTypeTestSetup, 2, job.Copy()))
 
 	// Update the stability to true
 	err := state.UpdateJobStability(3, job.Namespace, job.ID, 0, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Check that the job was updated properly
 	ws := memdb.NewWatchSet()