diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/Album.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/Album.cpp
index b3f760076..48b2b6166 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/Album.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/Album.cpp
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ Album::infoSystemInfo( const Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoRequestData& requestData,
         return;
     }
 
+    m_coverLoaded = true;
+
     if ( !output.isNull() && output.isValid() )
     {
-        m_coverLoaded = true;
-
         QVariantMap returnedData = output.value< QVariantMap >();
         const QByteArray ba = returnedData["imgbytes"].toByteArray();
         if ( ba.length() )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/Artist.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/Artist.cpp
index b18a03215..ebcbcb526 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/Artist.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/Artist.cpp
@@ -315,10 +315,9 @@ Artist::infoSystemInfo( Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoRequestData requestData, QVari
 
         case Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoArtistImages:
         {
+            m_coverLoaded = true;
             if ( !output.isNull() && output.isValid() )
             {
-                m_coverLoaded = true;
-
                 const QByteArray ba = returnedData["imgbytes"].toByteArray();
                 if ( ba.length() )
                 {