diff --git a/actions/git_reinstall.py b/actions/git_reinstall.py
index 418291f9..c0c6ec24 100755
--- a/actions/git_reinstall.py
+++ b/actions/git_reinstall.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def git_reinstall():
 
     try:
         git_install(config('openstack-origin-git'))
+        config_changed()
     except:
         action_set({'traceback': traceback.format_exc()})
         action_fail('git-reinstall resulted in an unexpected error')
@@ -42,4 +43,3 @@ def git_reinstall():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     git_reinstall()
-    config_changed()
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_actions_git_reinstall.py b/unit_tests/test_actions_git_reinstall.py
index 9b4bee91..a1a7821f 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_actions_git_reinstall.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_actions_git_reinstall.py
@@ -47,22 +47,27 @@ class TestnovaAPIActions(CharmTestCase):
     @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'action_set')
     @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'action_fail')
     @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'git_install')
-    def test_git_reinstall(self, git_install, action_fail, action_set):
+    @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'config_changed')
+    def test_git_reinstall(self, config_changed, git_install, action_fail,
+                           action_set):
         self.test_config.set('openstack-origin-git', openstack_origin_git)
 
         git_reinstall.git_reinstall()
 
         git_install.assert_called_with(openstack_origin_git)
         self.assertTrue(git_install.called)
+        self.assertTrue(config_changed.called)
         self.assertFalse(action_set.called)
         self.assertFalse(action_fail.called)
 
     @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'action_set')
     @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'action_fail')
     @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'git_install')
+    @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'config_changed')
     @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.utils.config')
-    def test_git_reinstall_not_configured(self, _config, git_install,
-                                          action_fail, action_set):
+    def test_git_reinstall_not_configured(self, _config, config_changed,
+                                          git_install, action_fail,
+                                          action_set):
         _config.return_value = None
 
         git_reinstall.git_reinstall()
@@ -75,10 +80,12 @@ class TestnovaAPIActions(CharmTestCase):
     @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'action_set')
     @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'action_fail')
     @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'git_install')
+    @patch.object(git_reinstall, 'config_changed')
     @patch('traceback.format_exc')
     @patch('charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.utils.config')
-    def test_git_reinstall_exception(self, _config, format_exc, git_install,
-                                     action_fail, action_set):
+    def test_git_reinstall_exception(self, _config, format_exc,
+                                     config_changed, git_install, action_fail,
+                                     action_set):
         _config.return_value = openstack_origin_git
         e = OSError('something bad happened')
         git_install.side_effect = e