diff --git a/lib/controller.ts b/lib/controller.ts
index 643651c57..f48b69327 100644
--- a/lib/controller.ts
+++ b/lib/controller.ts
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@ class Controller {
             }
         }
 
-        if (settings.get().advanced.last_seen && settings.get().advanced.last_seen !== 'disable') {
-            this.eventBus.onLastSeenChanged(this, (data) =>
-                this.publishEntityState(data.device, {}, 'lastSeenChanged'));
-        }
+        this.eventBus.onLastSeenChanged(this,
+            (data) => utils.publishLastSeen(data, settings.get(), false, this.publishEntityState));
     }
 
     @bind async enableDisableExtension(enable: boolean, name: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/lib/extension/receive.ts b/lib/extension/receive.ts
index 181db5605..60302d7c4 100755
--- a/lib/extension/receive.ts
+++ b/lib/extension/receive.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import debounce from 'debounce';
 import Extension from './extension';
 import stringify from 'json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify';
 import bind from 'bind-decorator';
+import utils from '../util/utils';
 
 type DebounceFunction = (() => void) & { clear(): void; } & { flush(): void; };
 
@@ -107,7 +108,11 @@ export default class Receive extends Extension {
             data = {...data, device: this.zigbee.deviceByNetworkAddress(data.groupID)};
         }
 
-        if (!this.shouldProcess(data)) return;
+        if (!this.shouldProcess(data)) {
+            utils.publishLastSeen({device: data.device, reason: 'messageEmitted'},
+                settings.get(), true, this.publishEntityState);
+            return;
+        }
 
         const converters = data.device.definition.fromZigbee.filter((c) => {
             const type = Array.isArray(c.type) ? c.type.includes(data.type) : c.type === data.type;
@@ -163,6 +168,9 @@ export default class Receive extends Extension {
 
         if (Object.keys(payload).length) {
             publish(payload);
+        } else {
+            utils.publishLastSeen({device: data.device, reason: 'messageEmitted'},
+                settings.get(), true, this.publishEntityState);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/types/types.d.ts b/lib/types/types.d.ts
index b5d40a5ed..12e50705b 100644
--- a/lib/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/lib/types/types.d.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ declare global {
         type StateChange = {
             entity: Device | Group, from: KeyValue, to: KeyValue, reason: string | null, update: KeyValue };
         type PermitJoinChanged = ZHEvents.PermitJoinChangedPayload;
-        type LastSeenChanged = { device: Device };
+        type LastSeenChanged = { device: Device,
+            reason: 'deviceAnnounce' | 'networkAddress' | 'deviceJoined' | 'messageEmitted' | 'messageNonEmitted'; };
         type DeviceNetworkAddressChanged = { device: Device };
         type DeviceAnnounce = { device: Device };
         type DeviceInterview = { device: Device, status: 'started' | 'successful' | 'failed' };
diff --git a/lib/util/utils.ts b/lib/util/utils.ts
index daecd7a6d..d74f30a9c 100644
--- a/lib/util/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/util/utils.ts
@@ -280,11 +280,26 @@ const hours = (hours: number): number => 1000 * 60 * 60 * hours;
 const minutes = (minutes: number): number => 1000 * 60 * minutes;
 const seconds = (seconds: number): number => 1000 * seconds;
 
+function publishLastSeen(data: eventdata.LastSeenChanged, settings: Settings, allowMessageEmitted: boolean,
+    publishEntityState: PublishEntityState): void {
+    /**
+     * Prevent 2 MQTT publishes when 1 message event is received;
+     * - In case reason == messageEmitted, receive.ts will only call this when it did not publish a
+     *      message based on the received zigbee message. In this case allowMessageEmitted has to be true.
+     * - In case reason !== messageEmitted, controller.ts will call this based on the zigbee-herdsman 
+     *      lastSeenChanged event.
+     */
+    const allow = data.reason !== 'messageEmitted' || (data.reason === 'messageEmitted' && allowMessageEmitted);
+    if (settings.advanced.last_seen && settings.advanced.last_seen !== 'disable' && allow) {
+        publishEntityState(data.device, {}, 'lastSeenChanged');
+    }
+}
+
 
 export default {
     endpointNames, capitalize, getZigbee2MQTTVersion, getDependencyVersion, formatDate, objectHasProperties,
     equalsPartial, getObjectProperty, getResponse, parseJSON, loadModuleFromText, loadModuleFromFile,
     getExternalConvertersDefinitions, removeNullPropertiesFromObject, toNetworkAddressHex, toSnakeCase,
     parseEntityID, isEndpoint, isZHGroup, hours, minutes, seconds, validateFriendlyName, sleep,
-    sanitizeImageParameter, isAvailabilityEnabledForDevice,
+    sanitizeImageParameter, isAvailabilityEnabledForDevice, publishLastSeen,
 };
diff --git a/lib/zigbee.ts b/lib/zigbee.ts
index 22a648df5..8907507aa 100644
--- a/lib/zigbee.ts
+++ b/lib/zigbee.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default class Zigbee {
 
         this.herdsman.on('adapterDisconnected', () => this.eventBus.emitAdapterDisconnected());
         this.herdsman.on('lastSeenChanged', (data: ZHEvents.LastSeenChangedPayload) => {
-            this.eventBus.emitLastSeenChanged({device: this.resolveDevice(data.device.ieeeAddr)});
+            this.eventBus.emitLastSeenChanged({device: this.resolveDevice(data.device.ieeeAddr), reason: data.reason});
         });
         this.herdsman.on('permitJoinChanged', (data: ZHEvents.PermitJoinChangedPayload) => {
             this.eventBus.emitPermitJoinChanged(data);
diff --git a/test/controller.test.js b/test/controller.test.js
index 95e3665b6..99ee9fd9e 100644
--- a/test/controller.test.js
+++ b/test/controller.test.js
@@ -644,9 +644,19 @@ describe('Controller', () => {
         await flushPromises();
         MQTT.publish.mockClear();
         const device = zigbeeHerdsman.devices.remote;
-        await zigbeeHerdsman.events.lastSeenChanged({device});
+        await zigbeeHerdsman.events.lastSeenChanged({device, reason: 'deviceAnnounce'});
         expect(MQTT.publish).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         expect(MQTT.publish).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
             'zigbee2mqtt/remote', stringify({"brightness":255,"last_seen":1000}), { qos: 0, retain: true }, expect.any(Function));
     });
+
+    it('Should not publish last seen changes when reason is messageEmitted', async () => {
+        settings.set(['advanced', 'last_seen'], 'epoch');
+        await controller.start();
+        await flushPromises();
+        MQTT.publish.mockClear();
+        const device = zigbeeHerdsman.devices.remote;
+        await zigbeeHerdsman.events.lastSeenChanged({device, reason: 'messageEmitted'});
+        expect(MQTT.publish).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    });
 });