diff --git a/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/index.ts b/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/index.ts
index 1e8f6a2da..68a388a82 100644
--- a/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/index.ts
+++ b/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/index.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export class AddonModResourceIndexComponent extends CoreCourseModuleMainResource
             } else if (this.resourceHelper.isDisplayedEmbedded(this.module, resource && resource.display)) {
                 this.mode = 'embedded';
 
-                return this.resourceHelper.getEmbeddedHtml(this.module).then((html) => {
+                return this.resourceHelper.getEmbeddedHtml(this.module, this.courseId).then((html) => {
                     this.contentText = html;
                 });
             } else {
diff --git a/src/addon/mod/resource/providers/helper.ts b/src/addon/mod/resource/providers/helper.ts
index 3eb43e727..d51eba5a2 100644
--- a/src/addon/mod/resource/providers/helper.ts
+++ b/src/addon/mod/resource/providers/helper.ts
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ export class AddonModResourceHelperProvider {
      * Get the HTML to display an embedded resource.
      *
      * @param {any} module The module object.
-     * @return {Promise<any>}      Promise resolved with the iframe src.
+     * @param {number} courseId The course ID.
+     * @return {Promise<any>} Promise resolved with the HTML.
      */
-    getEmbeddedHtml(module: any): Promise<any> {
-        return this.courseHelper.downloadModuleWithMainFileIfNeeded(module, module.course, AddonModResourceProvider.COMPONENT,
+    getEmbeddedHtml(module: any, courseId: number): Promise<any> {
+        return this.courseHelper.downloadModuleWithMainFileIfNeeded(module, courseId, AddonModResourceProvider.COMPONENT,
                 module.id, module.contents).then((result) => {
             const file = module.contents[0],
                 ext = this.mimetypeUtils.getFileExtension(file.filename),
diff --git a/src/core/course/components/module/module.ts b/src/core/course/components/module/module.ts
index b3140f8fc..7ab0a91b7 100644
--- a/src/core/course/components/module/module.ts
+++ b/src/core/course/components/module/module.ts
@@ -39,22 +39,13 @@ export class CoreCourseModuleComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     @Input('downloadEnabled') set enabled(value: boolean) {
         this.downloadEnabled = value;
 
-        if (this.module.handlerData.showDownloadButton && this.downloadEnabled && !this.statusObserver) {
+        if (this.module.handlerData.showDownloadButton && this.downloadEnabled && !this.statusCalculated) {
             // First time that the download is enabled. Initialize the data.
+            this.statusCalculated = true;
             this.spinner = true; // Show spinner while calculating the status.
 
-            this.prefetchHandler = this.prefetchDelegate.getPrefetchHandlerFor(this.module);
-
             // Get current status to decide which icon should be shown.
             this.prefetchDelegate.getModuleStatus(this.module, this.courseId).then(this.showStatus.bind(this));
-
-            // Listen for changes on this module status.
-            this.statusObserver = this.eventsProvider.on(CoreEventsProvider.PACKAGE_STATUS_CHANGED, (data) => {
-                if (data.componentId === this.module.id && this.prefetchHandler &&
-                        data.component === this.prefetchHandler.component) {
-                    this.showStatus(data.status);
-                }
-            }, this.sitesProvider.getCurrentSiteId());
         }
     }
     @Output() completionChanged?: EventEmitter<void>; // Will emit an event when the module completion changes.
@@ -66,6 +57,7 @@ export class CoreCourseModuleComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     protected prefetchHandler: CoreCourseModulePrefetchHandler;
     protected statusObserver;
+    protected statusCalculated = false;
     protected isDestroyed = false;
 
     constructor(@Optional() protected navCtrl: NavController, protected prefetchDelegate: CoreCourseModulePrefetchDelegate,
@@ -82,6 +74,25 @@ export class CoreCourseModuleComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         if (this.module && !this.module.handlerData) {
             this.module.handlerData = {};
         }
+
+        if (this.module.handlerData.showDownloadButton) {
+            // Listen for changes on this module status, even if download isn't enabled.
+            this.prefetchHandler = this.prefetchDelegate.getPrefetchHandlerFor(this.module);
+
+            this.statusObserver = this.eventsProvider.on(CoreEventsProvider.PACKAGE_STATUS_CHANGED, (data) => {
+                if (data.componentId === this.module.id && this.prefetchHandler &&
+                        data.component === this.prefetchHandler.component) {
+
+                    if (this.downloadEnabled) {
+                        // Download is enabled, show the status.
+                        this.showStatus(data.status);
+                    } else if (this.module.handlerData.updateStatus) {
+                        // Download isn't enabled but the handler defines a updateStatus function, call it anyway.
+                        this.module.handlerData.updateStatus(data.status);
+                    }
+                }
+            }, this.sitesProvider.getCurrentSiteId());
+        }
     }
 
     /**