diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/src/dds__entity.h b/src/core/ddsc/src/dds__entity.h
index c94ff3e4cc..ef4b6dbb14 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/src/dds__entity.h
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/src/dds__entity.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ DDS_EXPORT inline bool dds_entity_is_enabled (const dds_entity *e) {
   return (e->m_flags & DDS_ENTITY_ENABLED) != 0;
 }
 
-DDS_EXPORT void dds_entity_status_set (dds_entity *e, status_mask_t t);
+DDS_EXPORT bool dds_entity_status_set (dds_entity *e, status_mask_t t) ddsrt_attribute_warn_unused_result;
 DDS_EXPORT void dds_entity_trigger_set (dds_entity *e, uint32_t t);
 
 DDS_EXPORT inline void dds_entity_status_reset (dds_entity *e, status_mask_t t) {
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ DDS_EXPORT inline dds_entity_kind_t dds_entity_kind (const dds_entity *e) {
   return e->m_kind;
 }
 
+DDS_EXPORT void dds_entity_observers_signal (dds_entity *observed, uint32_t status);
+
 DDS_EXPORT void dds_entity_status_signal (dds_entity *e, uint32_t status);
 
 union dds_status_union {
@@ -102,11 +104,12 @@ union dds_status_union {
   static void status_cb_##name_ (dds_##entity_kind_ * const e, const status_cb_data_t *data, bool enabled) \
   { \
     struct dds_listener const * const listener = &e->m_entity.m_listener; \
+    const status_mask_t status_mask = (status_mask_t) (1u << DDS_##NAME_##_STATUS_ID); \
     const bool invoke = (listener->on_##name_ != 0) && enabled; \
     union dds_status_union lst; \
     update_##name_ (&e->m_##name_##_status, invoke ? &lst.name_ : NULL, data); \
+    bool signal = dds_entity_status_set (&e->m_entity, status_mask); \
     if (invoke) { \
-      dds_entity_status_reset (&e->m_entity, (status_mask_t) (1u << DDS_##NAME_##_STATUS_ID)); \
       e->m_entity.m_cb_pending_count++; \
       e->m_entity.m_cb_count++; \
       ddsrt_mutex_unlock (&e->m_entity.m_observers_lock); \
@@ -114,8 +117,10 @@ union dds_status_union {
       ddsrt_mutex_lock (&e->m_entity.m_observers_lock); \
       e->m_entity.m_cb_count--; \
       e->m_entity.m_cb_pending_count--; \
-    } else if (enabled) { \
-      dds_entity_status_set (&e->m_entity, (status_mask_t) (1u << DDS_##NAME_##_STATUS_ID)); \
+      signal = signal && (ddsrt_atomic_ld32 (&e->m_entity.m_status.m_status_and_mask) & status_mask); \
+    } \
+    if (signal) { \
+      dds_entity_observers_signal (&e->m_entity, status_mask); \
     } \
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_entity.c b/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_entity.c
index b8f973ba4b..569a9a9674 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_entity.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_entity.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static int compare_instance_handle (const void *va, const void *vb)
 
 const ddsrt_avl_treedef_t dds_entity_children_td = DDSRT_AVL_TREEDEF_INITIALIZER (offsetof (struct dds_entity, m_avlnode_child), offsetof (struct dds_entity, m_iid), compare_instance_handle, 0);
 
-static void dds_entity_observers_signal (dds_entity *observed, uint32_t status);
 static void dds_entity_observers_signal_delete (dds_entity *observed);
 
 static dds_return_t dds_delete_impl (dds_entity_t entity, enum delete_impl_state delstate);
@@ -1398,7 +1397,7 @@ dds_return_t dds_entity_observer_unregister (dds_entity *observed, dds_waitset *
   return rc;
 }
 
-static void dds_entity_observers_signal (dds_entity *observed, uint32_t status)
+void dds_entity_observers_signal (dds_entity *observed, uint32_t status)
 {
   for (dds_entity_observer *idx = observed->m_observers; idx; idx = idx->m_next)
     idx->m_cb (idx->m_observer, observed->m_hdllink.hdl, status);
@@ -1425,7 +1424,7 @@ void dds_entity_status_signal (dds_entity *e, uint32_t status)
   ddsrt_mutex_unlock (&e->m_observers_lock);
 }
 
-void dds_entity_status_set (dds_entity *e, status_mask_t status)
+bool dds_entity_status_set (dds_entity *e, status_mask_t status)
 {
   assert (entity_has_status (e));
   uint32_t old, delta, new;
@@ -1433,11 +1432,10 @@ void dds_entity_status_set (dds_entity *e, status_mask_t status)
     old = ddsrt_atomic_ld32 (&e->m_status.m_status_and_mask);
     delta = ((uint32_t) status & (old >> SAM_ENABLED_SHIFT));
     if (delta == 0)
-      return;
+      return false;
     new = old | delta;
   } while (!ddsrt_atomic_cas32 (&e->m_status.m_status_and_mask, old, new));
-  if (delta)
-    dds_entity_observers_signal (e, status);
+  return (delta != 0);
 }
 
 void dds_entity_trigger_set (dds_entity *e, uint32_t t)
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_reader.c b/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_reader.c
index def654c0b7..a96c4ea8a1 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_reader.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_reader.c
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ void dds_reader_data_available_cb (struct dds_reader *rd)
 
   struct dds_listener const * const lst = &rd->m_entity.m_listener;
   dds_entity * const sub = rd->m_entity.m_parent;
+
+  bool rd_signal = dds_entity_status_set (&rd->m_entity, DDS_DATA_AVAILABLE_STATUS);
+  bool sub_signal = dds_entity_status_set (sub, DDS_DATA_ON_READERS_STATUS);
+
   if (lst->on_data_on_readers)
   {
     ddsrt_mutex_unlock (&rd->m_entity.m_observers_lock);
@@ -168,17 +172,23 @@ void dds_reader_data_available_cb (struct dds_reader *rd)
     lst->on_data_available (rd->m_entity.m_hdllink.hdl, lst->on_data_available_arg);
     ddsrt_mutex_lock (&rd->m_entity.m_observers_lock);
   }
-  else
+
+  rd->m_entity.m_cb_count--;
+  rd->m_entity.m_cb_pending_count--;
+
+  if (sub_signal)
   {
-    dds_entity_status_set (&rd->m_entity, DDS_DATA_AVAILABLE_STATUS);
     ddsrt_mutex_lock (&sub->m_observers_lock);
-    dds_entity_status_set (sub, DDS_DATA_ON_READERS_STATUS);
+    if (ddsrt_atomic_ld32 (&sub->m_status.m_status_and_mask) & DDS_DATA_ON_READERS_STATUS)
+      dds_entity_observers_signal (sub, DDS_DATA_ON_READERS_STATUS);
     ddsrt_mutex_unlock (&sub->m_observers_lock);
   }
 
-  rd->m_entity.m_cb_count--;
-  rd->m_entity.m_cb_pending_count--;
-
+  if (rd_signal)
+  {
+    if (ddsrt_atomic_ld32 (&rd->m_entity.m_status.m_status_and_mask) & DDS_DATA_AVAILABLE_STATUS)
+      dds_entity_observers_signal (&rd->m_entity, DDS_DATA_AVAILABLE_STATUS);
+  }
   ddsrt_cond_broadcast (&rd->m_entity.m_observers_cond);
   ddsrt_mutex_unlock (&rd->m_entity.m_observers_lock);
 }