diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09c6db91..5220985e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ will consitute of a breaking change warranting a new major release:
 
 # [unreleased]
 
+## Fixed
+
+- `PDEC_CONFIG_CORRUPTED` event now actually contains the readback instead of the expected
+  config
+
 # [v6.4.0] 2023-08-16
 
 - `eive-tmtc`: v5.4.3
diff --git a/linux/ipcore/PdecHandler.cpp b/linux/ipcore/PdecHandler.cpp
index 189dfca8..c7266710 100644
--- a/linux/ipcore/PdecHandler.cpp
+++ b/linux/ipcore/PdecHandler.cpp
@@ -595,9 +595,10 @@ void PdecHandler::checkConfig() {
     sif::warning << "PdecHandler::checkConfig: Failed to create second word" << std::endl;
     return;
   }
-  if (firstWord != pdecConfig.readbackFirstWord() or
-      secondWord != pdecConfig.readbackSecondWord()) {
-    triggerEvent(PDEC_CONFIG_CORRUPTED, firstWord, secondWord);
+  uint32_t readbackFirstWord = pdecConfig.readbackFirstWord();
+  uint32_t readbackSecondWord = pdecConfig.readbackSecondWord();
+  if (firstWord != readbackFirstWord or secondWord != readbackSecondWord) {
+    triggerEvent(PDEC_CONFIG_CORRUPTED, readbackFirstWord, readbackSecondWord);
   }
 }