diff --git a/dnsprovider/pkg/dnsprovider/providers/aws/route53/rrchangeset.go b/dnsprovider/pkg/dnsprovider/providers/aws/route53/rrchangeset.go
index 3e51c54304..2782abc5dd 100644
--- a/dnsprovider/pkg/dnsprovider/providers/aws/route53/rrchangeset.go
+++ b/dnsprovider/pkg/dnsprovider/providers/aws/route53/rrchangeset.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (c *ResourceRecordChangeset) Apply() error {
 }
 
 func (c *ResourceRecordChangeset) IsEmpty() bool {
-	return len(c.removals) == 0 && len(c.additions) == 0
+	return len(c.removals) == 0 && len(c.additions) == 0 && len(c.upserts) == 0
 }
 
 // ResourceRecordSets returns the parent ResourceRecordSets