diff --git a/ee/app/controllers/ee/confirmations_controller.rb b/ee/app/controllers/ee/confirmations_controller.rb
index 530d0020b66caf8143c1ed1c7641f26527f21127..368cd33a8f1edc6c5a1f0df247c93f8b135c70b8 100644
--- a/ee/app/controllers/ee/confirmations_controller.rb
+++ b/ee/app/controllers/ee/confirmations_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module ConfirmationsController
 
     override :after_sign_in
     def after_sign_in(resource)
-      audit_changes(:email, as: 'email address', model: resource)
+      audit_changes(:email, as: 'email address', model: resource, event_type: 'user_email_changed_and_user_signed_in')
 
       super(resource)
     end
diff --git a/ee/spec/requests/ee/confirmations_controller_spec.rb b/ee/spec/requests/ee/confirmations_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4af4c7cad0bd53576e8e8a2506b5d30a71df88bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/spec/requests/ee/confirmations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe ConfirmationsController, type: :request,
+                                        feature_category: :authentication_and_authorization do
+  describe "GET #show" do
+    let_it_be_with_reload(:user) { create(:user, :unconfirmed) }
+    let(:confirmation_token) { user.confirmation_token }
+
+    subject(:perform_request) do
+      get user_confirmation_path, params: { confirmation_token: confirmation_token }
+    end
+
+    context "when user is signed in" do
+      before do
+        sign_in(user)
+      end
+
+      it "sets event_type" do
+        expect_next_instance_of(described_class) do |controller|
+          expect(controller).to receive(:audit_changes).with(:email,
+            hash_including(event_type: 'user_email_changed_and_user_signed_in'))
+        end
+
+        perform_request
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end