diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp
index 41da3874c7..7de841a321 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.cpp
@@ -945,9 +945,10 @@ int EntityTree::processEditPacketData(ReceivedMessage& message, const unsigned c
                     properties.setLifetime(_maxTmpEntityLifetime);
                     // also bump up the lastEdited time of the properties so that the interface that created this edit
                     // will accept our adjustment to lifetime back into its own entity-tree.
-                    if (properties.getLastEdited() != UNKNOWN_CREATED_TIME) {
-                        properties.setLastEdited(properties.getLastEdited() + LAST_EDITED_SERVERSIDE_BUMP);
+                    if (properties.getLastEdited() == UNKNOWN_CREATED_TIME) {
+                        properties.setLastEdited(usecTimestampNow());
                     }
+                    properties.setLastEdited(properties.getLastEdited() + LAST_EDITED_SERVERSIDE_BUMP);
                 }
             }