diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.js
index 82683fad0f..2fb647a5e2 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.js
@@ -1373,10 +1373,12 @@ var et2_link_string = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
                 }
                 e.stopImmediatePropagation();
             });
-            if (_link_data.title)
-                link.text(_link_data.title);
+            if (_link_data.title) {
+                link.text(_link_data.title)
+                    .removeClass("loading");
+            }
             // Now that link is created, get title from server & update
-            if (!_link_data.title) {
+            else {
                 this.egw().link_title(_link_data.app, _link_data.id, function (title) {
                     if (title)
                         this.removeClass("loading").text(title);
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.ts
index 1fb3d2af59..1ba2da15df 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.ts
@@ -1694,10 +1694,13 @@ export class et2_link_string extends expose(class et2_link_string extends et2_va
 				e.stopImmediatePropagation();
 			});
 
-		if(_link_data.title) link.text(_link_data.title);
-
+		if(_link_data.title)
+		{
+			link.text(_link_data.title)
+				.removeClass("loading");
+		}
 		// Now that link is created, get title from server & update
-		if(!_link_data.title)
+		else
 		{
 			this.egw().link_title(_link_data.app, _link_data.id, function(title) {
 				if (title)