diff --git a/app/controllers/module_assignment_overrides_controller.rb b/app/controllers/module_assignment_overrides_controller.rb
index 2573cc1d1df..e35ecb9b498 100644
--- a/app/controllers/module_assignment_overrides_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/module_assignment_overrides_controller.rb
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ class ModuleAssignmentOverridesController < ApplicationController
       delete_existing_overrides(override_ids_to_delete)
       update_existing_overrides(overrides_to_update)
       create_new_overrides(overrides_to_create)
+      @context_module.update_assignment_submissions
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/context_module.rb b/app/models/context_module.rb
index ef51e08ac66..765f87f7d8b 100644
--- a/app/models/context_module.rb
+++ b/app/models/context_module.rb
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class ContextModule < ActiveRecord::Base
     ContentTag.where(context_module_id: self).where.not(workflow_state: "deleted").update(workflow_state: "deleted", updated_at: deleted_at)
     delay_if_production(n_strand: "context_module_update_downstreams", priority: Delayed::LOW_PRIORITY).update_downstreams
     save!
-    update_assignment_submissions(module_assignments_quizzes)
+    update_assignment_submissions(module_assignments_quizzes) if assignment_overrides.active.exists?
     true
   end
 
@@ -987,8 +987,8 @@ class ContextModule < ActiveRecord::Base
     assignment_overrides
   end
 
-  def update_assignment_submissions(module_assignments_quizzes)
-    if Account.site_admin.feature_enabled?(:differentiated_modules) && assignment_overrides.active.exists?
+  def update_assignment_submissions(module_assignments_quizzes = current_assignments_and_quizzes)
+    if Account.site_admin.feature_enabled?(:differentiated_modules)
       SubmissionLifecycleManager.recompute_course(context, assignments: module_assignments_quizzes, update_grades: true)
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/module_assignment_overrides_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/module_assignment_overrides_controller_spec.rb
index 40eaca2e2b2..be322e06b1c 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/module_assignment_overrides_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/module_assignment_overrides_controller_spec.rb
@@ -233,6 +233,19 @@ describe ModuleAssignmentOverridesController do
       expect(@module1.assignment_override_students.reload.to_a).to eq students
     end
 
+    it "updates the module's assignment submissions" do
+      assignment = @course.assignments.create!(title: "Assignment", points_possible: 10)
+      @module1.add_item(assignment)
+      @module1.update_assignment_submissions
+      expect(assignment.submissions.reload.pluck(:user_id)).to contain_exactly(@student1.id, @student2.id, @student3.id)
+
+      put :bulk_update, params: { course_id: @course.id,
+                                  context_module_id: @module1.id,
+                                  overrides: [{ "id" => @adhoc_override2.id, "student_ids" => [@student3.id] }] }
+      expect(response).to have_http_status :no_content
+      expect(assignment.submissions.reload.pluck(:user_id)).to contain_exactly(@student3.id)
+    end
+
     it "returns 400 if the overrides parameter is not a list" do
       put :bulk_update, params: { course_id: @course.id, context_module_id: @module1.id, overrides: "hello" }
       expect(response).to be_bad_request