diff --git a/js/server_status_monitor.js b/js/server_status_monitor.js
index c673931fa6..94e1439272 100644
--- a/js/server_status_monitor.js
+++ b/js/server_status_monitor.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('server_status_monitor.js', function() {
  * Unbind all event handlers before tearing down a page
  */
 AJAX.registerTeardown('server_status_monitor.js', function() {
+    $('#emptyDialog').dialog('destroy');
     $('#addChartDialog').dialog('destroy');
     $('a.popupLink').unbind('click');
     $('body').unbind('click');
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ AJAX.registerTeardown('server_status_monitor.js', function() {
  * Popup behaviour
  */
 AJAX.registerOnload('server_status_monitor.js', function() {
+    $('<div />')
+        .attr('id', 'emptyDialog')
+        .appendTo('#page_content');
     $('#addChartForm').clone()
         .attr('id', 'addChartDialog')
         .appendTo('#page_content');
diff --git a/server_status_monitor.php b/server_status_monitor.php
index d9d3a41fe3..08bda93ddf 100644
--- a/server_status_monitor.php
+++ b/server_status_monitor.php
@@ -670,8 +670,6 @@ function getPrintMonitorHtml($ServerStatusData)
     $retval .= '</div>';
     $retval .= '</div>';
 
-    $retval .= '<div id="emptyDialog" title="Dialog" style="display:none;"></div>';
-
     if (! PMA_DRIZZLE) {
         $retval .= '<div id="logAnalyseDialog" title="';
         $retval .= __('Log statistics') . '" style="display:none;">';