diff --git a/client/android/div/src/main/java/com/yandex/div/core/expression/variables/VariableController.kt b/client/android/div/src/main/java/com/yandex/div/core/expression/variables/VariableController.kt
index a7d1b125b..c169a3544 100644
--- a/client/android/div/src/main/java/com/yandex/div/core/expression/variables/VariableController.kt
+++ b/client/android/div/src/main/java/com/yandex/div/core/expression/variables/VariableController.kt
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ internal class VariableController {
     }
 
     private fun onVariableDeclared(variable: Variable) {
-        notifyVariableChanged(variable)
         variable.addObserver(notifyVariableChangedCallback)
+        notifyVariableChanged(variable)
     }
 
     fun getMutableVariable(name: String): Variable? {
diff --git a/client/android/div/src/test/java/com/yandex/div/core/expression/variables/VariableControllerTest.kt b/client/android/div/src/test/java/com/yandex/div/core/expression/variables/VariableControllerTest.kt
index 4a371f6dd..ba547dc9e 100644
--- a/client/android/div/src/test/java/com/yandex/div/core/expression/variables/VariableControllerTest.kt
+++ b/client/android/div/src/test/java/com/yandex/div/core/expression/variables/VariableControllerTest.kt
@@ -74,6 +74,21 @@ class VariableControllerTest {
         Assert.assertEquals("non-initialized", lastValue)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `variable changed inside declaration callback`() {
+        val variable = Variable.StringVariable("late_init_variable", "declared_value")
+        var counter = 0
+        subscribe(variable.name) {
+            if (counter < 5) {
+                counter++
+                variable.set("new_value_$counter")
+            }
+        }
+
+        declareVariable(variable)
+        Assert.assertEquals(5, counter)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `null returned when no variable specified`() {
         Assert.assertNull(variableController.getMutableVariable("unknown_variable"))