jquery ajax loading image not displayed in IE

I have a page with links on the left and data on the right side. Now when I click on the link I use jquery ajax call to load the data.

So, when I click on a link I use loading image while fetching the data.

code,

$("#linkData").empty().html("<div style='text-align:center;height:400px;margin-top: 200px;'><img src='loading.gif' /></div>");
$.ajax({
    type: "post",
    url: urlLink,
    async: false,
    data: appliedData,
    cache: false,
    success: function(response) {
        $("#linkData").html(response);
    }
});

Now, This is working great in Firefox but in IE versions开发者_开发知识库 simply the data is getting replaced after success with the previous data.

In IE it looks like very sticky, please help with some suggestions.

Thanks in advance

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So, do you mean that in the #linkData, you get to see the loading image again in IE?

Have you tried setting async to true?