diff --git a/static/js/message_list_view.js b/static/js/message_list_view.js
index 34a788b471..9d5ce0d5a8 100644
--- a/static/js/message_list_view.js
+++ b/static/js/message_list_view.js
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ MessageListView.prototype = {
         }
 
         // Re-render just this one message
+        this._add_msg_timestring(message);
         var rendered_msg = $(templates.render('single_message', message));
         this._rows[message.id] = rendered_msg;
         row.replaceWith(rendered_msg);