diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper/button/db_refresh.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper/button/db_refresh.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9691a1dd919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper/button/db_refresh.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class ApplicationHelper::Button::DbRefresh < ApplicationHelper::Button::Basic
+  include ApplicationHelper::Button::Mixins::ActiveContextMixin
+
+  def visible?
+    active_tab?(%w(db_connections db_details db_indexes db_settings))
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/vmdb_table_center.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/vmdb_table_center.rb
index 0dc72333762..e716db9f6e4 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/vmdb_table_center.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/vmdb_table_center.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class ApplicationHelper::Toolbar::VmdbTableCenter < ApplicationHelper::Toolbar::
       :db_refresh,
       'fa fa-repeat fa-lg',
       N_('Reload Current Display'),
-      nil),
+      nil,
+      :klass => ApplicationHelper::Button::DbRefresh),
   ])
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/vmdb_tables_center.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/vmdb_tables_center.rb
index b34c2ade5de..79a07614d60 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/vmdb_tables_center.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/vmdb_tables_center.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class ApplicationHelper::Toolbar::VmdbTablesCenter < ApplicationHelper::Toolbar:
       :db_refresh,
       'fa fa-repeat fa-lg',
       N_('Reload Current Display'),
-      nil),
+      nil,
+      :klass => ApplicationHelper::Button::DbRefresh),
   ])
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar_builder.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar_builder.rb
index 049c51d1fe2..ac8a74c35bb 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar_builder.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar_builder.rb
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def hide_button_ops(id)
     when :rbac_tree
       return false
     when :vmdb_tree
-      return !["db_connections", "db_details", "db_indexes", "db_settings"].include?(@sb[:active_tab])
+      return false
     else
       return true
     end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/application_helper/buttons/db_refresh_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/application_helper/buttons/db_refresh_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60e29b5549c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/application_helper/buttons/db_refresh_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+describe ApplicationHelper::Button::DbRefresh do
+  let(:view_context) { setup_view_context_with_sandbox(:active_tab => tab) }
+  let(:button) { described_class.new(view_context, {}, {}, {}) }
+
+  describe '#visible?' do
+    subject { button.visible? }
+    %w(db_details db_indexes db_settings db_connections).each do |tree|
+      context "when active_tree == #{tree}" do
+        let(:tab) { tree }
+        it { expect(subject).to be_truthy }
+      end
+    end
+    context 'when !active_tree.in?(%w(db_details db_indexes db_settings db_connections))' do
+      let(:tab) { 'something_else' }
+      it { expect(subject).to be_falsey }
+    end
+  end
+end