He quickly returned to his positions of Gonchunagon, uhyoe no kami and kebiishi betto in April of the same year, and was promoted to uemon no kami (Captain of the Right Gate Guard) in August and saemon no kami (Captain of the Left Gate Guard) in January of the following year.
同年4月には早くも権中納言・右兵衛督・検非違使別当に還任し、7月に右衛門督、12月に左衛門督となる。