diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js
index f60e0e0d9..3ceeab6ff 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ function dataTableInit() {
         data = myData;
       }
       $.ajax({
+        async: false,
         url: '/repositories/' + repositoryId + '/state_save',
         data: {state: data},
         dataType: 'json',