diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/Album.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/Album.cpp
index 70ae122a5..bf88e86ab 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/Album.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/Album.cpp
@@ -180,15 +180,15 @@ Album::infoSystemInfo( const Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoRequestData& requestData,
     }
     else if ( output.isValid() )
     {
-        m_coverLoaded = true;
-
         QVariantMap returnedData = output.value< QVariantMap >();
         const QByteArray ba = returnedData["imgbytes"].toByteArray();
         if ( ba.length() )
         {
             m_coverBuffer = ba;
-            emit coverChanged();
         }
+
+        m_coverLoaded = true;
+        emit coverChanged();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/Artist.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/Artist.cpp
index ea5b34790..4b255c70b 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/Artist.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/Artist.cpp
@@ -321,14 +321,14 @@ Artist::infoSystemInfo( Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoRequestData requestData, QVari
             }
             else if ( output.isValid() )
             {
-                m_coverLoaded = true;
-
                 const QByteArray ba = returnedData["imgbytes"].toByteArray();
                 if ( ba.length() )
                 {
                     m_coverBuffer = ba;
-                    emit coverChanged();
                 }
+
+                m_coverLoaded = true;
+                emit coverChanged();
             }
 
             break;