diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/session.php b/phpBB/phpbb/session.php
index 7d564742af..30b364821d 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/session.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/session.php
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ class session
 
 					if (!$session_expired)
 					{
-						// Only update session DB a minute or so after last update or if page changes
-						if ($this->time_now - $this->data['session_time'] > 60 || ($this->update_session_page && $this->data['session_page'] != $this->page['page']))
+						// Only update session DB a minute or so after last update or if page changes and is not ajax request
+						if (($this->time_now - $this->data['session_time'] > 60 || ($this->update_session_page && $this->data['session_page'] != $this->page['page'])) && !$request->is_ajax())
 						{
 							$sql_ary = array('session_time' => $this->time_now);