diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
index 99bc647f9a..8734272e74 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class @DiscussionThreadView extends Backbone.View
 
   renderResponses: ->
     $.ajax @model.id, success: (data, textStatus, xhr) =>
+      @$(".loading").remove()
       comments = new Comments(data['content']['children'])
       comments.each @renderResponse