diff --git a/monasca_api/v2/reference/alarms.py b/monasca_api/v2/reference/alarms.py
index 8a865f50e..763dcf346 100644
--- a/monasca_api/v2/reference/alarms.py
+++ b/monasca_api/v2/reference/alarms.py
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ class Alarms(alarms_api_v2.AlarmsV2API,
         alarm_metric_rows = self._alarms_repo.get_alarm_metrics(alarm_id)
         sub_alarm_rows = self._alarms_repo.get_sub_alarms(tenant_id, alarm_id)
 
-        old_state, time_ms = self._alarms_repo.update_alarm(tenant_id, alarm_id,
+        old_alarm, time_ms = self._alarms_repo.update_alarm(tenant_id, alarm_id,
                                                             new_state,
                                                             lifecycle_state, link)
-
+        old_state = old_alarm['state']
         # alarm_definition_id is the same for all rows.
         alarm_definition_id = sub_alarm_rows[0]['alarm_definition_id']
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class Alarms(alarms_api_v2.AlarmsV2API,
 
         self._send_alarm_event(u'alarm-updated', tenant_id,
                                alarm_definition_id, alarm_metric_rows,
-                               sub_alarm_rows, state_info)
+                               sub_alarm_rows, link, lifecycle_state, state_info)
 
         if old_state != new_state:
             try:
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ class Alarms(alarms_api_v2.AlarmsV2API,
                                                     alarm_definition_row,
                                                     alarm_metric_rows,
                                                     old_state, new_state,
+                                                    link, lifecycle_state,
                                                     time_ms)
 
     @resource.resource_try_catch_block
diff --git a/monasca_tempest_tests/services/monasca_client.py b/monasca_tempest_tests/services/monasca_client.py
index 6a01dccbf..b7e3d98d2 100644
--- a/monasca_tempest_tests/services/monasca_client.py
+++ b/monasca_tempest_tests/services/monasca_client.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class MonascaClient(rest_client.RestClient):
         for key, value in kwargs.iteritems():
             request_body[key] = value
 
-        resp, response_body = self.patch(uri, json.dumps(request_body))
+        resp, response_body = self.put(uri, json.dumps(request_body))
         return resp, json.loads(response_body)
 
     def patch_alarm(self, id, state=None, lifecycle_state=None, link=None,