diff --git a/sa/sa.go b/sa/sa.go
index aa9a9fc54..da20f95df 100644
--- a/sa/sa.go
+++ b/sa/sa.go
@@ -1460,6 +1460,9 @@ func (ssa *SQLStorageAuthority) NewOrder(ctx context.Context, req *corepb.Order)
 	// Update the request with the created timestamp from the model
 	createdTS := order.Created.UnixNano()
 	req.Created = &createdTS
+	// A new order is never processing because it can't have been finalized yet
+	processingStatus := false
+	req.BeganProcessing = &processingStatus
 
 	// If the OrderReadyStatus feature is enabled we need to calculate the order
 	// status before returning it. Since it may have reused all valid
@@ -1478,9 +1481,6 @@ func (ssa *SQLStorageAuthority) NewOrder(ctx context.Context, req *corepb.Order)
 		pendingStatus := string(core.StatusPending)
 		req.Status = &pendingStatus
 	}
-	// A new order is never processing because it can't have been finalized yet
-	processingStatus := false
-	req.BeganProcessing = &processingStatus
 	// Return the new order
 	return req, nil
 }
diff --git a/test/v2_integration.py b/test/v2_integration.py
index f0c51fdfa..ae9143fea 100644
--- a/test/v2_integration.py
+++ b/test/v2_integration.py
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ def test_bad_overlap_wildcard():
     chisel2.expect_problem("urn:ietf:params:acme:error:malformed",
         lambda: chisel2.auth_and_issue(["*.example.com", "www.example.com"]))
 
+def test_duplicate_orders():
+    """
+    Test that the same client issuing for the same domain names twice in a row
+    works without error.
+    """
+    client = chisel2.make_client(None)
+    domains = [ random_domain() ]
+    chisel2.auth_and_issue(domains, client=client)
+    chisel2.auth_and_issue(domains, client=client)
+
 def test_order_reuse_failed_authz():
     """
     Test that creating an order for a domain name, failing an authorization in