diff --git a/C4/SIP/Sip/Configuration.pm b/C4/SIP/Sip/Configuration.pm
index b8e5075e03..a6757ea6cc 100644
--- a/C4/SIP/Sip/Configuration.pm
+++ b/C4/SIP/Sip/Configuration.pm
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ sub get_configuration {
     if ($sip2_resource_last_modified) {
         $cache->set_in_cache( 'sip2_config_read_timestamp', $sip2_resource_last_modified );
     } else {
-        $cache->set_in_cache( 'sip2_config_read_timestamp', dt_from_string()->epoch );
+
+        # Set sip2_resource_last_modified so config won't be read from db on each request
+        my $now = dt_from_string()->epoch;
+        $cache->set_in_cache( 'sip2_resource_last_modified', $now );
+        $cache->set_in_cache( 'sip2_config_read_timestamp',  $now );
     }
 
     my $cfg;
diff --git a/t/db_dependent/Koha/SIP2/SIP2ModuleMigration.t b/t/db_dependent/Koha/SIP2/SIP2ModuleMigration.t
index 3e5982fa31..275f09c372 100755
--- a/t/db_dependent/Koha/SIP2/SIP2ModuleMigration.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/Koha/SIP2/SIP2ModuleMigration.t
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 use Modern::Perl;
 
-use Test::More tests => 4;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
 use Test::NoWarnings;
 use Test::MockModule;
 
@@ -181,6 +181,34 @@ subtest 'config_timestamp is updated when database configuration changes' => sub
     $schema->storage->txn_rollback;
 };
 
+subtest 'get_configuration() reseeds sip2_resource_last_modified when missing from cache' => sub {
+
+    plan tests => 4;
+
+    my $schema = Koha::Database->new->schema;
+    $schema->storage->txn_begin;
+
+    my $cache = Koha::Caches->get_instance();
+    $cache->clear_from_cache('sip2_resource_last_modified');
+    $cache->clear_from_cache('sip2_config_read_timestamp');
+
+    is( $cache->get_from_cache('sip2_resource_last_modified'), undef, 'sip2_resource_last_modified cleared' );
+
+    C4::SIP::Sip::Configuration->get_configuration( undef, { listeners => {} } );
+
+    my $resource_last_modified = $cache->get_from_cache('sip2_resource_last_modified');
+    my $config_read_timestamp  = $cache->get_from_cache('sip2_config_read_timestamp');
+
+    ok( $resource_last_modified, 'sip2_resource_last_modified is repopulated' );
+    ok( $config_read_timestamp,  'sip2_config_read_timestamp is set' );
+    is(
+        $config_read_timestamp, $resource_last_modified,
+        'sip2_config_read_timestamp matches sip2_resource_last_modified so subsequent requests skip a full reload'
+    );
+
+    $schema->storage->txn_rollback;
+};
+
 subtest 'Atomicupdate skips migrating data if provided config file doesn\'t exist or is unreadable' => sub {
 
     plan tests => 1;