diff --git a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/cr50_enable_update.c b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/cr50_enable_update.c
index 5b3a1a3474..e30fe2a44c 100644
--- a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/cr50_enable_update.c
+++ b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/cr50_enable_update.c
@@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ static void enable_update(void *unused)
 	int cr50_reset_reqd = 0;
 	uint8_t num_restored_headers;
 
-	/* Nothing to do on recovery mode. */
-	if (vboot_recovery_mode_enabled())
+	/**
+	 * Never update during manually-triggered recovery to ensure update
+	 * cannot interfere. Non-manual VB2_RECOVERY_TRAIN_AND_REBOOT
+	 * sometimes used to update in factory.
+	 */
+	if (vboot_get_context()->flags & VB2_CONTEXT_FORCE_RECOVERY_MODE)
 		return;
 
 	ret = tlcl_lib_init();