diff --git a/upgrade/upgrade.go b/upgrade/upgrade.go
index c997ee1959..280551a1ce 100644
--- a/upgrade/upgrade.go
+++ b/upgrade/upgrade.go
@@ -287,6 +287,13 @@ func doResourceUpgrade(namespace string, lhClient *lhclientset.Clientset, kubeCl
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	// When lhVersionBeforeUpgrade < v1.7.0, it is v1.6.x. The `CheckUpgradePathSupported` method would have failed us out earlier if it was not v1.6.x.
+	if semver.Compare(lhVersionBeforeUpgrade, "v1.7.0") < 0 {
+		logrus.Info("Walking through the resource status upgrade path v1.6.x to v1.7.0")
+		if err := v16xto170.UpgradeResourcesStatus(namespace, lhClient, kubeClient, resourceMaps); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 	if err := upgradeutil.UpdateResourcesStatus(namespace, lhClient, resourceMaps); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/upgrade/util/util.go b/upgrade/util/util.go
index 2046703eb9..653b9ae863 100644
--- a/upgrade/util/util.go
+++ b/upgrade/util/util.go
@@ -1099,6 +1099,8 @@ func UpdateResourcesStatus(namespace string, lhClient *lhclientset.Clientset, re
 			err = updateNodesStatus(namespace, lhClient, resourceMap.(map[string]*longhorn.Node))
 		case types.LonghornKindEngineImage:
 			err = updateEngineImageStatus(namespace, lhClient, resourceMap.(map[string]*longhorn.EngineImage))
+		case types.LonghornKindEngine:
+			err = updateEngineStatus(namespace, lhClient, resourceMap.(map[string]*longhorn.Engine))
 		default:
 			return fmt.Errorf("resource kind %v is not able to updated", resourceKind)
 		}
@@ -1147,3 +1149,21 @@ func updateEngineImageStatus(namespace string, lhClient *lhclientset.Clientset,
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func updateEngineStatus(namespace string, lhClient *lhclientset.Clientset, engines map[string]*longhorn.Engine) error {
+	existingEngineList, err := lhClient.LonghornV1beta2().Engines(namespace).List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, existingEngine := range existingEngineList.Items {
+		engine, ok := engines[existingEngine.Name]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if _, err = lhClient.LonghornV1beta2().Engines(namespace).UpdateStatus(context.TODO(), engine, metav1.UpdateOptions{}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/upgrade/v16xto170/upgrade.go b/upgrade/v16xto170/upgrade.go
index cbdb74d0bf..6571b89b4d 100644
--- a/upgrade/v16xto170/upgrade.go
+++ b/upgrade/v16xto170/upgrade.go
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ func upgradeEngineStatus(namespace string, lhClient *lhclientset.Clientset, reso
 	}
 
 	for _, e := range engineMap {
+		if e.Status.ReplicaTransitionTimeMap == nil {
+			e.Status.ReplicaTransitionTimeMap = map[string]string{}
+		}
 		for replicaName := range e.Status.ReplicaModeMap {
 			// We don't have any historical information to rely on. Starting at the time of the upgrade.
 			if _, ok := e.Status.ReplicaTransitionTimeMap[replicaName]; !ok {