diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/component/result/OpResult.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/component/result/OpResult.java
index 9713b1e932e..4104b877789 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/component/result/OpResult.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/component/result/OpResult.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.component.result;
 
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.model.ReadOnlyModel;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.page.PageBase;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.util.WebComponentUtil;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.Visitable;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.TaskType;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;
+import org.apache.wicket.model.IModel;
 import org.apache.wicket.model.Model;
 import org.apache.wicket.model.StringResourceModel;
 
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ public class OpResult implements Serializable, Visitable {
     private List<OpResult> subresults;
     private OpResult parent;
     private int count;
-    private String xml;
+    private IModel<String> xml;
     private LocalizableMessage userFriendlyMessage;
 
     // we assume there is at most one background task created (TODO revisit this assumption)
@@ -165,17 +167,29 @@ public static OpResult getOpResult(PageBase page, OperationResult result) {
             opResult.caseOid = caseOid;
         }
 
+        if (opResult.parent == null) {
+            opResult.xml = createXmlModel(result, page);
+        }
+        return opResult;
+    }
+
+    private static IModel<String> createXmlModel(OperationResult result, PageBase page) {
         try {
             OperationResultType resultType = result.createOperationResultType();
             ObjectFactory of = new ObjectFactory();
-            opResult.xml = page.getPrismContext().xmlSerializer().serialize(of.createOperationResult(resultType));
-        } catch (SchemaException | RuntimeException ex) {
+            return new ReadOnlyModel<String>(() -> {
+                try {
+                    return page.getPrismContext().xmlSerializer().serialize(of.createOperationResult(resultType));
+                } catch (SchemaException e) {
+                    throw new TunnelException(e);
+                }
+            });
+        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
             String m = "Can't create xml: " + ex;
 //            error(m);
-            opResult.xml = "<?xml version='1.0'?><message>" + StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml(m) + "</message>";
+            return Model.of("<?xml version='1.0'?><message>" + StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml(m) + "</message>");
 //            throw ex;
         }
-        return opResult;
     }
 
     // This method should be called along with getOpResult for root operationResult. However, it might take some time,
@@ -301,8 +315,12 @@ public int getCount() {
         return count;
     }
 
+    public boolean isParent() {
+        return parent == null;
+    }
+
     public String getXml() {
-        return xml;
+        return xml.getObject();
     }
 
     public String getBackgroundTaskOid() {
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/component/result/OperationResultPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/component/result/OperationResultPanel.java
index 6f65b27b04b..35a8822a47e 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/component/result/OperationResultPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/component/result/OperationResultPanel.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.component.util.VisibleBehaviour;
+
 import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.wicket.AttributeModifier;
@@ -258,6 +260,7 @@ public File getObject() {
             }
 
         });
+        downloadXml.add(new VisibleBehaviour(() -> getModelObject().isParent()));
         downloadXml.setDeleteAfterDownload(true);
         box.add(downloadXml);
     }