diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/history.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/history.hbs
index ebe00483c63..1ce8e17587c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/history.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/history.hbs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   class="history-modal"
 >
   <:body>
-    <ConditionalLoadingSpinner @condition={{this.loading}}>
+    <ConditionalLoadingSpinner @condition={{this.initialLoad}}>
       <Modal::History::Revision
         @model={{this.postRevision}}
         @mobileView={{this.site.mobileView}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/history.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/history.js
index 814bccddda7..069da8ea109 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/history.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/history.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export default class History extends Component {
   @tracked postRevision;
   @tracked viewMode = this.site?.mobileView ? "inline" : "side_by_side";
   @tracked bodyDiff;
+  @tracked initialLoad = true;
 
   constructor() {
     super(...arguments);
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ export default class History extends Component {
     Post.loadRevision(postId, postVersion).then((result) => {
       this.postRevision = result;
       this.loading = false;
+      this.initialLoad = false;
     });
   }