diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/templates/cart/minicart.phtml b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/templates/cart/minicart.phtml
index 8928bbabcb718..28275e0223936 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/templates/cart/minicart.phtml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/templates/cart/minicart.phtml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
        data-bind="scope: 'minicart_content'">
         <span class="text"><?= $block->escapeHtml(__('My Cart')) ?></span>
         <span class="counter qty empty"
-              data-bind="css: { empty: !!getCartParam('summary_count') == false }, blockLoader: isLoading">
+              data-bind="css: { empty: !!getCartParam('summary_count') == false && !isLoading() }, blockLoader: isLoading">
             <span class="counter-number"><!-- ko text: getCartParam('summary_count') --><!-- /ko --></span>
             <span class="counter-label">
             <!-- ko if: getCartParam('summary_count') -->