From 972ef5293db79bb733e1db2f3af1d69e752a915c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gorhill <rhill@raymondhill.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:34:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] this addresses 905#issuecomment-76543649

---
 src/js/traffic.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/js/traffic.js b/src/js/traffic.js
index 9f11486a0..ed1eb63d7 100644
--- a/src/js/traffic.js
+++ b/src/js/traffic.js
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ var onBeforeRequest = function(details) {
 
     pageStore.logRequest(requestContext, result);
 
-    µb.updateBadgeAsync(tabId);
+    // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/905#issuecomment-76543649
+    // No point updating the badge if it's not being displayed.
+    if ( µb.userSettings.showIconBadge ) {
+        µb.updateBadgeAsync(tabId);
+    }
 
     // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/18
     // Do not use redirection, we need to block outright to be sure the request