diff --git a/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js b/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js
index 5709941286..cc016e52ee 100644
--- a/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js
+++ b/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var keymap = {
 };
 
 var $dark = $('#darkenwrapper');
-var $loadingIndicator = $('#loading_indicator');
+var $loadingIndicator;
 var phpbbAlertTimer = null;
 
 phpbb.isTouch = (window && typeof window.ontouchstart !== 'undefined');
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ phpbb.isTouch = (window && typeof window.ontouchstart !== 'undefined');
  * @returns {object} Returns loadingIndicator.
  */
 phpbb.loadingIndicator = function() {
+	if (!$loadingIndicator) {
+		$loadingIndicator = $('<div />', { id: 'loading_indicator' });
+		$loadingIndicator.appendTo('#page-footer');
+	}
+
 	if (!$loadingIndicator.is(':visible')) {
 		$loadingIndicator.fadeIn(phpbb.alertTime);
 		// Wait fifteen seconds and display an error if nothing has been returned by then.
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_footer.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_footer.html
index 8749ce60e8..ecba72f6f4 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_footer.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_footer.html
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 	<div id="darkenwrapper" data-ajax-error-title="{L_AJAX_ERROR_TITLE}" data-ajax-error-text="{L_AJAX_ERROR_TEXT}" data-ajax-error-text-abort="{L_AJAX_ERROR_TEXT_ABORT}" data-ajax-error-text-timeout="{L_AJAX_ERROR_TEXT_TIMEOUT}" data-ajax-error-text-parsererror="{L_AJAX_ERROR_TEXT_PARSERERROR}">
 		<div id="darken">&nbsp;</div>
 	</div>
-	<div id="loading_indicator"></div>
 
 	<div id="phpbb_alert" class="phpbb_alert" data-l-err="{L_ERROR}" data-l-timeout-processing-req="{L_TIMEOUT_PROCESSING_REQ}">
 		<a href="#" class="alert_close"></a>