diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
index 58e41b0f..d0f59b4d 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class ProfileViewController: UIPageViewController {
     
     private var headerView: ProfileHeaderView!
     
+    private var hasAppeared = false
+    
     init(accountID: String?, mastodonController: MastodonController) {
         self.accountID = accountID
         self.mastodonController = mastodonController
@@ -95,6 +97,12 @@ class ProfileViewController: UIPageViewController {
         loadAccount()
     }
     
+    override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
+        super.viewDidAppear(animated)
+        
+        hasAppeared = true
+    }
+    
     private func loadAccount() {
         guard let accountID = accountID else { return }
         if mastodonController.persistentContainer.account(for: accountID) != nil {
@@ -122,8 +130,14 @@ class ProfileViewController: UIPageViewController {
         // Optionally invoke updateUI on headerView because viewDidLoad may not have been called yet
         headerView?.updateUI(for: accountID)
         navigationItem.title = account.displayNameWithoutCustomEmoji
-        pageControllers.forEach {
-            $0.updateUI(account: account)
+        
+        // Only call updateUI on the individual page controllers if the account is loaded after the profile VC has appeared on screen.
+        // Otherwise, fi the page view controllers do something with the table view before they appear, the table view doesn't load
+        // its cells until the user begins to scroll.
+        if hasAppeared {
+            pageControllers.forEach {
+                $0.updateUI(account: account)
+            }
         }
     }