diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/dataset/ZoweDatasetNode.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/dataset/ZoweDatasetNode.ts
index bb758876a6..2703dd43e9 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/dataset/ZoweDatasetNode.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/dataset/ZoweDatasetNode.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,22 @@ export class ZoweDatasetNode extends ZoweTreeNode implements IZoweDatasetTreeNod
             return;
         }
 
+        const updateStats = (node: IZoweDatasetTreeNode, item: any): void => {
+            if ("m4date" in item) {
+                const { m4date, mtime, msec }: { m4date: string; mtime: string; msec: string } = item;
+                node.stats = {
+                    user: item.user,
+                    modifiedDate: dayjs(`${m4date} ${mtime}:${msec}`).toDate(),
+                };
+            } else if ("id" in item || "changed" in item) {
+                // missing keys from API response; check for FTP keys
+                node.stats = {
+                    user: item.id,
+                    modifiedDate: item.changed ? dayjs(item.changed).toDate() : undefined,
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
         // push nodes to an object with property names to avoid duplicates
         const elementChildren: { [k: string]: ZoweDatasetNode } = {};
         for (const response of responses) {
@@ -169,6 +185,7 @@ export class ZoweDatasetNode extends ZoweTreeNode implements IZoweDatasetTreeNod
             for (const item of response.apiResponse.items ?? response.apiResponse) {
                 const existing = this.children.find((element) => element.label.toString() === item.dsname);
                 if (existing) {
+                    updateStats(existing, item);
                     elementChildren[existing.label.toString()] = existing;
                     // Creates a ZoweDatasetNode for a PDS
                 } else if (item.dsorg === "PO" || item.dsorg === "PO-E") {
@@ -262,19 +279,7 @@ export class ZoweDatasetNode extends ZoweTreeNode implements IZoweDatasetTreeNod
                     }
 
                     // get user and last modified date for sorting, if available
-                    if ("m4date" in item) {
-                        const { m4date, mtime, msec }: { m4date: string; mtime: string; msec: string } = item;
-                        temp.stats = {
-                            user: item.user,
-                            modifiedDate: dayjs(`${m4date} ${mtime}:${msec}`).toDate(),
-                        };
-                    } else if ("id" in item || "changed" in item) {
-                        // missing keys from API response; check for FTP keys
-                        temp.stats = {
-                            user: item.id,
-                            modifiedDate: item.changed ? dayjs(item.changed).toDate() : undefined,
-                        };
-                    }
+                    updateStats(temp, item);
                     elementChildren[temp.label.toString()] = temp;
                 }
             }