diff --git a/scripts/admin/listsurvey.js b/scripts/admin/listsurvey.js
index fc2914213d7..9bc2742280e 100644
--- a/scripts/admin/listsurvey.js
+++ b/scripts/admin/listsurvey.js
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         loadonce : true,
         pager: "#pager",
         caption: sCaption,
+        beforeProcessing: function(data){
+            $('#displaysurveys tbody').hide();
+        },
         loadComplete: function(data){
             // Need this for vertical scrollbar 
 			$('#displaysurveys').setGridWidth($(window).width()-4);
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
             if (jQuery("#displaysurveys").jqGrid('getGridParam','datatype') === "json") {
                 setTimeout(function(){
                     jQuery("#displaysurveys").trigger("reloadGrid");
+					$('#displaysurveys tbody').show();
                 },100);
             }
         }