diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Controller/Adminhtml/Promo/Catalog/Save.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Controller/Adminhtml/Promo/Catalog/Save.php
index 46a8744cf4ce5..d03e7ac48afea 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Controller/Adminhtml/Promo/Catalog/Save.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Controller/Adminhtml/Promo/Catalog/Save.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public function execute()
     {
         if ($this->getRequest()->getPostValue()) {
             try {
+                /** @var \Magento\CatalogRule\Model\Rule $model */
                 $model = $this->_objectManager->create('Magento\CatalogRule\Model\Rule');
                 $this->_eventManager->dispatch(
                     'adminhtml_controller_catalogrule_prepare_save',
@@ -63,7 +64,13 @@ public function execute()
                     $this->getRequest()->setParam('rule_id', $model->getId());
                     $this->_forward('applyRules');
                 } else {
-                    $this->_objectManager->create('Magento\CatalogRule\Model\Flag')->loadSelf()->setState(1)->save();
+                    if ($model->isRuleBehaviorChanged()) {
+                        $this->_objectManager
+                            ->create('Magento\CatalogRule\Model\Flag')
+                            ->loadSelf()
+                            ->setState(1)
+                            ->save();
+                    }
                     if ($this->getRequest()->getParam('back')) {
                         $this->_redirect('catalog_rule/*/edit', ['id' => $model->getId()]);
                         return;
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Model/Rule.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Model/Rule.php
index 1bdab229ba82a..859dbb110dec4 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Model/Rule.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Model/Rule.php
@@ -485,4 +485,50 @@ public function afterDelete()
         $this->_ruleProductProcessor->getIndexer()->invalidate();
         return parent::afterDelete();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if rule behavior changed
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isRuleBehaviorChanged()
+    {
+        if (!$this->isObjectNew()) {
+            $arrayDiff = $this->dataDiff($this->getOrigData(), $this->getStoredData());
+            unset($arrayDiff['name']);
+            unset($arrayDiff['description']);
+            if (empty($arrayDiff)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get array with data differences
+     * @param array $array1
+     * @param array $array2
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function dataDiff($array1, $array2)
+    {
+        $result = [];
+        foreach ($array1 as $key => $value) {
+            if (array_key_exists($key, $array2)) {
+                if (is_array($value)) {
+                    if ($value != $array2[$key]) {
+                        $result[$key] = true;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if ($value != $array2[$key]) {
+                        $result[$key] = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                $result[$key] = true;
+            }
+        }
+        return $result;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Test/Unit/Model/RuleTest.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Test/Unit/Model/RuleTest.php
index 1d41561cc8cbf..285429e8af872 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Test/Unit/Model/RuleTest.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogRule/Test/Unit/Model/RuleTest.php
@@ -226,4 +226,51 @@ public function testAfterUpdate()
         $this->_ruleProductProcessor->expects($this->once())->method('getIndexer')->will($this->returnValue($indexer));
         $this->rule->afterSave();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test IsRuleBehaviorChanged action
+     *
+     * @dataProvider ruleData
+     * @param array $dataArray
+     * @param array $originDataArray
+     * @param bool $isObjectNew
+     * @param bool $result
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testIsRuleBehaviorChanged($dataArray, $originDataArray, $isObjectNew, $result)
+    {
+        $this->rule->setData('website_ids', []);
+        $this->rule->isObjectNew($isObjectNew);
+        $indexer = $this->getMock('\Magento\Indexer\Model\IndexerInterface');
+        $indexer->expects($this->any())->method('invalidate');
+        $this->_ruleProductProcessor->expects($this->any())->method('getIndexer')->will($this->returnValue($indexer));
+
+        foreach ($dataArray as $data) {
+            $this->rule->setData($data);
+        }
+        $this->rule->afterSave();
+
+        foreach ($originDataArray as $data) {
+            $this->rule->setOrigData($data);
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals($result, $this->rule->isRuleBehaviorChanged());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Data provider for isRuleBehaviorChanged test
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function ruleData()
+    {
+        return [
+            [['new name', 'new description'], ['name', 'description'], false, false],
+            [['name', 'description'], ['name', 'description'], false, false],
+            [['name', 'important_data'], ['name', 'important_data'], false, false],
+            [['name', 'new important_data'], ['name', 'important_data'], false, true],
+            [['name', 'description'], ['name', 'description'], true, true],
+            [['name', 'description'], ['name', 'important_data'], true, true],
+        ];
+    }
 }