diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/testutils.py b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/testutils.py
index 3459bdbf7810..ddbb8ea6a7ee 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/testutils.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/testutils.py
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ def login_and_enroll(self, course_id=None):
         self.login()
         self.enroll(course_id)
 
-    def api_response(self, reverse_args=None, expected_response_code=200, data=None, **kwargs):
+    def api_response(self, reverse_args=None, expected_response_code=200, data=None, follow=False, **kwargs):
         """
         Helper method for calling endpoint, verifying and returning response.
         If expected_response_code is None, doesn't verify the response' status_code.
         """
         url = self.reverse_url(reverse_args, **kwargs)
-        response = self.url_method(url, data=data, **kwargs)
+        response = self.url_method(url, data=data, follow=follow)
         if expected_response_code is not None:
             self.assertEqual(response.status_code, expected_response_code)
         return response
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ def reverse_url(self, reverse_args=None, **kwargs):
             reverse_args.update({'api_version': kwargs.get('api_version', self.api_version)})
         return reverse(self.REVERSE_INFO['name'], kwargs=reverse_args)
 
-    def url_method(self, url, data=None, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def url_method(self, url, data=None, **kwargs):
         """Base implementation that returns response from the GET method of the URL."""
-        return self.client.get(url, data=data)
+        return self.client.get(url, data=data, **kwargs)
 
 
 class MobileAuthTestMixin(object):
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/tests.py b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/tests.py
index 245336b4448e..d013fda43bc4 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/tests.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/tests.py
@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@ def test_success(self, api_version):
         self.assertEqual(response.data['username'], self.user.username)
         self.assertEqual(response.data['email'], self.user.email)
 
+    @ddt.data(API_V05, API_V1)
+    def test_last_loggedin_updated(self, api_version):
+        """Verify that a user's last logged in value updates after hitting the my_user_info endpoint"""
+        self.login()
+
+        self.user.refresh_from_db()
+        last_login_before = self.user.last_login
+
+        # just hit the api endpoint; we don't care about the response here (tested previously)
+        self.api_response(api_version=api_version)
+
+        self.user.refresh_from_db()
+        last_login_after = self.user.last_login
+        assert last_login_after > last_login_before
+
 
 @attr(shard=9)
 @ddt.ddt
@@ -83,8 +98,8 @@ def test_last_loggedin_updated(self, api_version):
         self.user.refresh_from_db()
         last_login_before = self.user.last_login
 
-        # just hit the api endpoint; we don't care about the response here (tested previously)
-        self.api_response(expected_response_code=302, api_version=api_version)
+        # just follow the api endpoint; we don't care about the response here (tested previously)
+        self.api_response(api_version=api_version, follow=True)
 
         self.user.refresh_from_db()
         last_login_after = self.user.last_login
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/views.py
index dc322dfa5530..49bb1b982936 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/mobile_api/users/views.py
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ class UserDetail(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
     serializer_class = UserSerializer
     lookup_field = 'username'
 
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # update user's last logged in from here because
+        # updating it from the oauth2 related code is too complex
+        user_logged_in.send(sender=User, user=request.user, request=request)
+        return super(UserDetail, self).get(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
     def get_serializer_context(self):
         context = super(UserDetail, self).get_serializer_context()
         context['api_version'] = self.kwargs.get('api_version')
@@ -380,7 +386,4 @@ def my_user_info(request, api_version):
     """
     Redirect to the currently-logged-in user's info page
     """
-    # update user's last logged in from here because
-    # updating it from the oauth2 related code is too complex
-    user_logged_in.send(sender=User, user=request.user, request=request)
     return redirect("user-detail", api_version=api_version, username=request.user.username)