diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
index 5e0c2b72fc..d53cf7c8ca 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ const Et2WidgetMixin = (superClass) =>
 		{
 			let oldValue = this.__statustext;
 			this.__statustext = value;
-			this.egw().tooltipBind(this, this.__statustext);
 			this.requestUpdate("statustext", oldValue);
 		}
 
@@ -377,6 +376,14 @@ const Et2WidgetMixin = (superClass) =>
 			{
 				this._set_label(this.label);
 			}
+			if(changedProperties.has("statustext"))
+			{
+				this.egw().tooltipUnbind(this);
+				if(this.statustext)
+				{
+					this.egw().tooltipBind(this, this.statustext);
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		/**