diff --git a/js/functions.js b/js/functions.js
index f745e8c106..38a5cc3f75 100644
--- a/js/functions.js
+++ b/js/functions.js
@@ -1974,8 +1974,10 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     }
 });
 
+$(document).ready(initTooltips);
+
 /* Displays tooltips */
-$(document).ready(function() {
+function initTooltips() {
     // Hide the footnotes from the footer (which are displayed for
     // JavaScript-disabled browsers) since the tooltip is sufficient
     $(".footnotes").hide();
@@ -2001,7 +2003,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             style: { background: '#ffffcc' }
         });
     });
-});
+}
 
 function menuResize()
 {
diff --git a/js/server_status.js b/js/server_status.js
index abe30a60bc..8259d53b03 100644
--- a/js/server_status.js
+++ b/js/server_status.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ $(function() {
 		switch(tab.attr('id')) {
 			case 'statustabs_traffic':
 				tab.html(data);
+				initTooltips();
 				$('#statustabs_traffic .statuslinks a').click(function() { return refreshHandler(this); });
 				break;
 			case 'statustabs_queries':