diff --git a/resources/skins.vector.styles/components/Watchstar.less b/resources/skins.vector.styles/components/Watchstar.less
index 71b8f1e30..226fa9300 100644
--- a/resources/skins.vector.styles/components/Watchstar.less
+++ b/resources/skins.vector.styles/components/Watchstar.less
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // Note: there's no watchstar for anon users so no need to worry about cached HTML when changing this class
 // Loading watchstar link class.
 .mw-watchlink {
-	.vector-icon {
+	.vector-animations-ready & .vector-icon {
 		transition: transform 500ms;
 	}