diff --git a/components/feature/push/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/push/AutoPushFeature.kt b/components/feature/push/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/push/AutoPushFeature.kt
index 48e59dbe115..610922d7623 100644
--- a/components/feature/push/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/push/AutoPushFeature.kt
+++ b/components/feature/push/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/push/AutoPushFeature.kt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class AutoPushFeature(
     private val prefToken: String?
         get() = preferences(context).getString(PREF_TOKEN, null)
     private var prefLastVerified: Long
-        get() = preferences(context).getLong(LAST_VERIFIED, System.currentTimeMillis())
+        get() = preferences(context).getLong(LAST_VERIFIED, 0)
         set(value) = preferences(context).edit().putLong(LAST_VERIFIED, value).apply()
 
     private val coroutineScope = CoroutineScope(coroutineContext) + SupervisorJob() + exceptionHandler { onError(it) }
diff --git a/components/feature/push/src/test/java/mozilla/components/feature/push/AutoPushFeatureTest.kt b/components/feature/push/src/test/java/mozilla/components/feature/push/AutoPushFeatureTest.kt
index 894e8cb32a1..df5bb339646 100644
--- a/components/feature/push/src/test/java/mozilla/components/feature/push/AutoPushFeatureTest.kt
+++ b/components/feature/push/src/test/java/mozilla/components/feature/push/AutoPushFeatureTest.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import mozilla.components.support.test.mock
 import mozilla.components.support.test.nullable
 import mozilla.components.support.test.robolectric.testContext
 import mozilla.components.support.test.whenever
+import org.junit.After
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull
@@ -54,11 +55,14 @@ class AutoPushFeatureTest {
 
     @Before
     fun setup() {
-        lastVerified = 0L
-
         whenever(connection.isInitialized()).thenReturn(true)
     }
 
+    @After
+    fun shutdown() {
+        preference(testContext).edit().remove(LAST_VERIFIED).apply()
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `initialize starts push service`() {
         val service: PushService = mock()
@@ -407,6 +411,23 @@ class AutoPushFeatureTest {
         verify(feature, never()).verifyActiveSubscriptions()
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `verification always happens on first attempt`() = runBlockingTest {
+        val feature = spy(
+            AutoPushFeature(
+                context = testContext,
+                service = mock(),
+                config = mock(),
+                coroutineContext = coroutineContext,
+                connection = mock()
+            )
+        )
+
+        feature.initialize()
+
+        verify(feature).verifyActiveSubscriptions()
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `crash reporter is notified of errors`() = runBlockingTest {
         val native: PushConnection = TestPushConnection(true)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index a2da53f1279..f16b1929d71 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ permalink: /changelog/
 * **browser-icons**
   * Fixed issue [#7142](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/issues/7142)
 
+* **feature-push**
+  * Fixed a bug where we do not verify subscriptions on first attempt.
+
 # 44.0.0
 
 * [Commits](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/compare/v43.0.0...v44.0.0)