diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/engine/elementmanager.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/engine/elementmanager.go
index 8c8b71ca4146..18f10f45e6ca 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/engine/elementmanager.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/engine/elementmanager.go
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ type stageState struct {
 	input              mtime.Time // input watermark for the parallel input.
 	output             mtime.Time // Output watermark for the whole stage
 	estimatedOutput    mtime.Time // Estimated watermark output from DoFns
+	previousInput      mtime.Time // input watermark before the latest watermark refresh
 
 	pending    elementHeap                          // pending input elements for this stage that are to be processesd
 	inprogress map[string]elements                  // inprogress elements by active bundles, keyed by bundle
@@ -2014,6 +2015,8 @@ func (ss *stageState) updateWatermarks(em *ElementManager) set[string] {
 		newIn = minPending
 	}
 
+	ss.previousInput = ss.input
+
 	// If bigger, advance the input watermark.
 	if newIn > ss.input {
 		ss.input = newIn
@@ -2171,11 +2174,13 @@ func (ss *stageState) bundleReady(em *ElementManager, emNow mtime.Time) (mtime.T
 	ptimeEventsReady := ss.processingTimeTimers.Peek() <= emNow || emNow == mtime.MaxTimestamp
 	injectedReady := len(ss.bundlesToInject) > 0
 
-	// If the upstream watermark and the input watermark are the same,
-	// then we can't yet process this stage.
+	// If the upstream watermark does not change, we can't yet process this stage.
+	// To check whether upstream water is unchanged, we evaluate if the input watermark, and
+	// the input watermark before the latest refresh are the same.
 	inputW := ss.input
 	_, upstreamW := ss.UpstreamWatermark()
-	if inputW == upstreamW {
+	previousInputW := ss.previousInput
+	if inputW == upstreamW && previousInputW == inputW {
 		slog.Debug("bundleReady: unchanged upstream watermark",
 			slog.String("stage", ss.ID),
 			slog.Group("watermark",