diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/UpdateCleanTitleForArtistFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/UpdateCleanTitleForArtistFixture.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7cf09a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/UpdateCleanTitleForArtistFixture.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using FizzWare.NBuilder;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Moq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Housekeeping.Housekeepers;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Music;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Housekeeping.Housekeepers
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class UpdateCleanTitleForArtistFixture : CoreTest<UpdateCleanTitleForArtist>
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void should_update_clean_title()
+        {
+            var artist = Builder<Artist>.CreateNew()
+                                        .With(s => s.Name = "Full Name")
+                                        .With(s => s.CleanName = "unclean")
+                                        .Build();
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IArtistRepository>()
+                 .Setup(s => s.All())
+                 .Returns(new[] { artist });
+
+            Subject.Clean();
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IArtistRepository>()
+                .Verify(v => v.Update(It.Is<Artist>(s => s.CleanName == "fullname")), Times.Once());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_not_update_unchanged_title()
+        {
+            var artist = Builder<Artist>.CreateNew()
+                                        .With(s => s.Name = "Full Name")
+                                        .With(s => s.CleanName = "fullname")
+                                        .Build();
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IArtistRepository>()
+                 .Setup(s => s.All())
+                 .Returns(new[] { artist });
+
+            Subject.Clean();
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IArtistRepository>()
+                .Verify(v => v.Update(It.Is<Artist>(s => s.CleanName == "fullname")), Times.Never());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
index a977a07a7..182175a3a 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Housekeeping\Housekeepers\FixFutureDownloadClientStatusTimesFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Housekeeping\Housekeepers\FixFutureImportListStatusTimesFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Housekeeping\Housekeepers\FixFutureIndexerStatusTimesFixture.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Housekeeping\Housekeepers\UpdateCleanTitleForArtistFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Http\HttpProxySettingsProviderFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Http\TorCacheHttpRequestInterceptorFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ImportListTests\ImportListServiceFixture.cs" />
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/UpdateCleanTitleForArtist.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/UpdateCleanTitleForArtist.cs
index 04dce6e36..a1c5a3227 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/UpdateCleanTitleForArtist.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/UpdateCleanTitleForArtist.cs
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Housekeeping.Housekeepers
 
             artists.ForEach(s =>
             {
-                s.CleanName = s.CleanName.CleanArtistName();
-                _artistRepository.Update(s);
+                var cleanName = s.Name.CleanArtistName();
+                if (s.CleanName != cleanName)
+                {
+                    s.CleanName = cleanName;
+                    _artistRepository.Update(s);
+                }
             });
         }
     }