diff --git a/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.cpp b/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.cpp
index b5de92b64..6b516efab 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ LocalePage::LocalePage( QWidget* parent )
         if ( !m_blockTzWidgetSet )
             m_tzWidget->setCurrentLocation( m_regionCombo->currentData().toString(),
                                             m_zoneCombo->currentData().toString() );
+
+        updateGlobalStorage();
     } );
 
     connect( m_tzWidget, &TimeZoneWidget::locationChanged,
@@ -139,10 +141,7 @@ LocalePage::LocalePage( QWidget* parent )
 
         m_blockTzWidgetSet = false;
 
-        Calamares::JobQueue::instance()->globalStorage()
-                ->insert( "locationRegion", location.region );
-        Calamares::JobQueue::instance()->globalStorage()
-                ->insert( "locationZone", location.zone );
+        updateGlobalStorage();
     } );
 
     connect( m_localeChangeButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
@@ -370,3 +369,13 @@ LocalePage::prettyLCLocale( const QString& lcLocale )
         localeString.remove( " UTF-8" );
     return localeString;
 }
+
+void
+LocalePage::updateGlobalStorage()
+{
+    LocaleGlobal::Location location = m_tzWidget->getCurrentLocation();
+    Calamares::JobQueue::instance()->globalStorage()
+            ->insert( "locationRegion", location.region );
+    Calamares::JobQueue::instance()->globalStorage()
+            ->insert( "locationZone", location.zone );
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.h b/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.h
index a53a6ceec..4b2d5491d 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.h
+++ b/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public:
 private:
     QString guessLCLocale();
     QString prettyLCLocale( const QString& lcLocale );
+    void updateGlobalStorage();
 
     TimeZoneWidget* m_tzWidget;
     QComboBox* m_regionCombo;