diff --git a/app/models/budget/investment.rb b/app/models/budget/investment.rb
index fbc03f467..b86cc2518 100644
--- a/app/models/budget/investment.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget/investment.rb
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class Budget
     end
 
     def log_reclassification
-      self.previous_heading_id = self.heading_id_was
+      update_column(:previous_heading_id, heading_id_was)
     end
 
     def remove_reclassified_votes
diff --git a/spec/models/budget/investment_spec.rb b/spec/models/budget/investment_spec.rb
index 6486070bf..6010d5f5a 100644
--- a/spec/models/budget/investment_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/budget/investment_spec.rb
@@ -715,9 +715,13 @@ describe Budget::Investment do
       it "stores the previous heading before being reclassified" do
         investment = create(:budget_investment, heading: heading1)
 
+        expect(investment.heading_id).to eq(heading1.id)
+        expect(investment.previous_heading_id).to eq(nil)
+
         investment.heading = heading2
         investment.save
 
+        investment.reload
         expect(investment.heading_id).to eq(heading2.id)
         expect(investment.previous_heading_id).to eq(heading1.id)
       end