diff --git a/.datatables-commit-sync b/.datatables-commit-sync
index 6274ef69..65a05bf6 100644
--- a/.datatables-commit-sync
+++ b/.datatables-commit-sync
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d2937aa4bf198fc04533c0ed9e48dabeed4b967f
+a681f6527ee2d760681d23120eb27229b69ade03
diff --git a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
index 3f9d6861..312d72aa 100644
--- a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
+++ b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@
 		{
 			/* Table is empty - create a row with an empty message in it */
 			var sZero = oLang.sZeroRecords;
-			if ( oSettings.iDraw == 1 && oSettings.sAjaxSource !== null && !bServerSide )
+			if ( oSettings.iDraw == 1 && (oSettings.sAjaxSource || oSettings.ajax) && !bServerSide )
 			{
 				sZero = oLang.sLoadingRecords;
 			}