diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot.cpp
index bed5f56..c3db32e 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot.cpp
@@ -2530,6 +2530,7 @@
         SnapshotUpdateStatus old_status = ReadSnapshotUpdateStatus(lock);
         status.set_compression_enabled(old_status.compression_enabled());
         status.set_source_build_fingerprint(old_status.source_build_fingerprint());
+        status.set_merge_phase(old_status.merge_phase());
     }
     return WriteSnapshotUpdateStatus(lock, status);
 }