How to place content/user field value inside of a rules action?
Have a look at issue # 430274, which somehow explains that "after saving something" actually happens ... "before saving something" (which is not a bug, simply how the Rules module works ...).
From the limited details provided in the question, it could well be that this also explains what causes your issue.

A possible compromise to avoid these kind of issues, is to transform relevant parts of what you're trying to do in your Rules Action(s) in a Rules Component, so that your Rule "schedules the execution" (using the Rules Scheduler submodule) of that Rules Component. For example after only a few seconds or minutes later on (if your cron job runs frequent enough, otherwise it'll be next time cron runs). This compromise will ensure that, at the time the Rules Component is executed, the "Save of the entity" for sure completed, and updates will have been applied as expected.

PS: as an alternative, add an extra "save entity", after your first Rules Action (possibly that might be sufficent also).