diff --git a/user_mgr.cpp b/user_mgr.cpp
index 7b2b697..f7d5e8e 100644
--- a/user_mgr.cpp
+++ b/user_mgr.cpp
@@ -617,10 +617,7 @@
     throwForUserDoesNotExist(userName);
     try
     {
-        // set EXPIRE_DATE to 0 to disable user, PAM takes 0 as expire on
-        // 1970-01-01, that's an implementation-defined behavior
-        executeCmd("/usr/sbin/usermod", userName.c_str(), "-e",
-                   (enabled ? "" : "1970-01-01"));
+        executeUserModifyUserEnable(userName.c_str(), enabled);
     }
     catch (const InternalFailure& e)
     {
@@ -631,6 +628,7 @@
     log<level::INFO>("User enabled/disabled state updated successfully",
                      entry("USER_NAME=%s", userName.c_str()),
                      entry("ENABLED=%d", enabled));
+    usersList[userName]->setUserEnabled(enabled);
     return;
 }
 
@@ -1346,5 +1344,13 @@
                (sshRequested ? "/bin/sh" : "/bin/nologin"));
 }
 
+void UserMgr::executeUserModifyUserEnable(const char* userName, bool enabled)
+{
+    // set EXPIRE_DATE to 0 to disable user, PAM takes 0 as expire on
+    // 1970-01-01, that's an implementation-defined behavior
+    executeCmd("/usr/sbin/usermod", userName, "-e",
+               (enabled ? "" : "1970-01-01"));
+}
+
 } // namespace user
 } // namespace phosphor