diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 60c85c48..7bd88fba 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -3010,7 +3010,7 @@ class Application {
       this.videoListView.setPopularTagsContainer(this.videoListPopularTags);
     }
 
-    if (this.videoList) {
+    if (this.videoList && this.videoList.children.length === 0) {
       this.videoList.innerHTML = getSidebarLoadingMarkup(messageContext);
     }
   }