diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.js b/modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.js
index 66051ac362..af1edd4f55 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/targets/ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.js
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ ve.init.mw.DesktopArticleTarget.prototype.loadSuccess = function () {
 			}
 		} else {
 			new mw.Api().saveOption( 'visualeditor-hidebetawelcome', '1' );
+			mw.user.options.set( 'visualeditor-hidebetawelcome', '1' );
 		}
 		this.suppressNormalStartupDialogs = true;
 	}
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.ArticleTarget.js b/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.ArticleTarget.js
index ffa9d1204a..9672b02681 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.ArticleTarget.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.ArticleTarget.js
@@ -2159,6 +2159,7 @@ ve.init.mw.ArticleTarget.prototype.maybeShowWelcomeDialog = function () {
 
 		if ( prefSaysShow ) {
 			new mw.Api().saveOption( 'visualeditor-hidebetawelcome', '1' );
+			mw.user.options.set( 'visualeditor-hidebetawelcome', '1' );
 
 			// No need to set a cookie every time for logged-in users that have already
 			// set the hidebetawelcome=1 preference, but only if this isn't a one-off