diff --git a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
index 4480d756..edc61fdb 100644
--- a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
+++ b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@
 				fixHeight(table, p);
 				if (p.initialized) {
 					$t.trigger('pagerChange', p);
+					$t.trigger('updateComplete');
 				}
 			}
 			if (!p.initialized) {
diff --git a/js/jquery.tablesorter.js b/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
index 9dd923be..dfd6d757 100644
--- a/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
+++ b/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
@@ -664,7 +664,10 @@
 			}
 
 			function resortComplete($table, callback){
-				$table.trigger('updateComplete');
+				var c = $table[0].config;
+				if (c.pager && !c.pager.ajax) {
+					$table.trigger('updateComplete');
+				}
 				if (typeof callback === "function") {
 					callback($table[0]);
 				}