diff --git a/eventbus/driver/nats.go b/eventbus/driver/nats.go
index 8df1c8361e..c4eabf8f37 100644
--- a/eventbus/driver/nats.go
+++ b/eventbus/driver/nats.go
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ func (n *natsStreaming) processEventSourceMsg(m *stan.Msg, msgHolder *eventSourc
 
 	// Acknowledge any old messages that occurred before the last reset (standard reset after trigger or conditional reset)
 	if m.Timestamp/1e9 <= msgHolder.getLastResetTime() {
-		log.Debugf("About to reset and ack dependency=%s due to message time occurred before reset, m.Timestamp=%d, msgHolder.getLastResetTime()=%d",
-			depName, m.Timestamp, msgHolder.getLastResetTime())
-
 		if depName != "" {
 			msgHolder.reset(depName)
 		}
 		msgHolder.ackAndCache(m, event.ID())
+
+		log.Debugf("reset and acked dependency=%s due to message time occurred before reset, m.Timestamp=%d, msgHolder.getLastResetTime()=%d",
+			depName, m.Timestamp, msgHolder.getLastResetTime())
 		return
 	}
 	// make sure that everything has been cleared within a certain amount of time
@@ -354,12 +354,10 @@ type eventSourceMessageHolder struct {
 	// time that resets conditions, usually the time all conditions meet,
 	// or the time getting an external signal to reset.
 	lastResetTime int64
-	// after lastResetTime is set, this represents the time that a reset of all dependencies actually occurred
-	fullResetOccurrenceTime int64
-	// does the lastResetTime represent something that occurred after startup?
-	lastResetTimeAfterStartup bool
-	expr                      *govaluate.EvaluableExpression
-	depNames                  []string
+	// if we reach this time, we reset everything (occurs 60 seconds after lastResetTime)
+	resetTimeout int64
+	expr         *govaluate.EvaluableExpression
+	depNames     []string
 	// Mapping of [eventSourceName + eventName]dependencyName
 	sourceDepMap map[string]string
 	parameters   map[string]interface{}
@@ -395,16 +393,15 @@ func newEventSourceMessageHolder(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, dependencyExpr strin
 	}
 
 	return &eventSourceMessageHolder{
-		lastResetTime:             lastResetTime.Unix(),
-		lastResetTimeAfterStartup: false,
-		expr:                      expression,
-		depNames:                  deps,
-		sourceDepMap:              srcDepMap,
-		parameters:                parameters,
-		msgs:                      msgs,
-		smap:                      new(sync.Map),
-		lock:                      sync.RWMutex{},
-		logger:                    logger,
+		lastResetTime: lastResetTime.Unix(),
+		expr:          expression,
+		depNames:      deps,
+		sourceDepMap:  srcDepMap,
+		parameters:    parameters,
+		msgs:          msgs,
+		smap:          new(sync.Map),
+		lock:          sync.RWMutex{},
+		logger:        logger,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -418,16 +415,12 @@ func (mh *eventSourceMessageHolder) setLastResetTime(t int64) {
 	mh.lock.Lock()
 	defer mh.lock.Unlock()
 	mh.lastResetTime = t
-	mh.lastResetTimeAfterStartup = true
+	mh.resetTimeout = t + 60 // failsafe condition: determine if we for some reason we haven't acknowledged all dependencies within 60 seconds of the lastResetTime
 }
 
-// failsafe condition: determine if we for some reason we haven't acknowledged all dependencies within 60 seconds of the lastResetTime
+// failsafe condition after lastResetTime
 func (mh *eventSourceMessageHolder) fullResetTimeout() bool {
-	if mh.lastResetTimeAfterStartup {
-		return time.Now().Unix()-mh.getLastResetTime() > 60 && mh.fullResetOccurrenceTime < mh.lastResetTime
-	} else {
-		return false
-	}
+	return mh.resetTimeout != 0 && time.Now().Unix() > mh.resetTimeout
 }
 
 func (mh *eventSourceMessageHolder) getDependencyName(eventSourceName, eventName string) (string, error) {
@@ -455,7 +448,7 @@ func (mh *eventSourceMessageHolder) reset(depName string) {
 	delete(mh.msgs, depName)
 
 	if mh.isCleanedUp() {
-		mh.fullResetOccurrenceTime = time.Now().Unix()
+		mh.resetTimeout = 0
 	}
 }
 
@@ -466,7 +459,7 @@ func (mh *eventSourceMessageHolder) resetAll() {
 	for k := range mh.parameters {
 		mh.parameters[k] = false
 	}
-	mh.fullResetOccurrenceTime = time.Now().Unix()
+	mh.resetTimeout = 0
 }
 
 // Check if all the parameters and messages have been cleaned up