diff --git a/gui/default/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js b/gui/default/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js
index fba23308e..5af030622 100755
--- a/gui/default/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js
+++ b/gui/default/syncthing/core/syncthingController.js
@@ -848,10 +848,11 @@ angular.module('syncthing.core')
             if ($scope.model[folder].needTotalItems === 0) {
                 return 100;
             }
-            if ($scope.model[folder].needBytes == 0 && $scope.model[folder].needDeletes > 0) {
+            if (($scope.model[folder].needBytes == 0 && $scope.model[folder].needDeletes > 0) || $scope.model[folder].globalBytes == 0) {
                 // We don't need any data, but we have deletes that we need
                 // to do. Drop down the completion percentage to indicate
                 // that we have stuff to do.
+                // Do the same thing in case we only have zero byte files to sync.
                 return 95;
             }
             var pct = 100 * $scope.model[folder].inSyncBytes / $scope.model[folder].globalBytes;