diff --git a/management/templates/login.html b/management/templates/login.html
index 8b3f438d..8a0e99ed 100644
--- a/management/templates/login.html
+++ b/management/templates/login.html
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ function do_login() {
         }
       }
 
-      // Open the next panel the user wants to go to.
-      show_panel(!switch_back_to_panel ? 'system_status' : switch_back_to_panel)
+      // Open the next panel the user wants to go to. Do this after the XHR response
+      // is over so that we don't start a new XHR request while this one is finishing,
+      // which confuses the loading indicator.
+      setTimeout(function() { show_panel(!switch_back_to_panel ? 'system_status' : switch_back_to_panel) }, 300);
     }
   })
 }