diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.admin.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/admin/v1/impl/WorkflowsApiServiceImpl.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.admin.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/admin/v1/impl/WorkflowsApiServiceImpl.java
index 131a47e754c9..63d159b33287 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.admin.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/admin/v1/impl/WorkflowsApiServiceImpl.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.admin.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/admin/v1/impl/WorkflowsApiServiceImpl.java
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ public Response workflowsUpdateWorkflowStatusPost(String workflowReferenceId, Wo
                 isTenantFlowStarted = true;
                 PrivilegedCarbonContext.startTenantFlow();
                 PrivilegedCarbonContext.getThreadLocalCarbonContext().setTenantDomain(tenantDomain, true);
+                PrivilegedCarbonContext.getThreadLocalCarbonContext().setUsername(username);
             }
             if (body == null) {
                 RestApiUtil.handleBadRequest("Request payload is missing", log);