diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/pay-merchant.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/pay-merchant.ts
index 54ebdb5a4..14d80d17a 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/pay-merchant.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/pay-merchant.ts
@@ -2685,6 +2685,15 @@ export async function processPurchaseQueryRefund(
         waitForAutoRefund,
       );
       if (Amounts.isZero(awaitingAmount)) {
+        // Maybe the user wanted to check for refund to find out
+        // that there is no refund pending from merchant
+        await ws.db
+          .mktx((x) => [x.purchases])
+          .runReadWrite(async (tx) => {
+            purchase.purchaseStatus = PurchaseStatus.Paid;
+            await tx.purchases.put(purchase);
+          });
+
         return OperationAttemptResult.finishedEmpty();
       }
     }