diff --git a/src/admin/pages/AuditLog.tsx b/src/admin/pages/AuditLog.tsx
index 9269eae..6ff410b 100644
--- a/src/admin/pages/AuditLog.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/pages/AuditLog.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useState } from "react";
-import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useQuery, keepPreviousData } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
 import Typography from "@mui/material/Typography";
 import { useAuth } from "../context/AuthContext";
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ export default function AuditLog() {
   // cleanupDays stored as string for the kit Select; converted to number at the boundary
   const [cleanupDaysStr, setCleanupDaysStr] = useState("90");
 
-  const { data: logsData, isPending } = useQuery({
+  const {
+    data: logsData,
+    isPending,
+    isFetching,
+  } = useQuery({
     queryKey: [
       "audit-log",
       {
@@ -169,6 +173,10 @@ export default function AuditLog() {
         },
       };
     },
+    // Keep the current rows on screen while a filter refetches, so the page
+    // doesn't drop to <LoadingState/> (which unmounts PageEnter and replays the
+    // whole entrance animation on every filter change).
+    placeholderData: keepPreviousData,
   });
 
   const logs: AuditLogEntry[] = logsData?.data ?? [];
@@ -352,7 +360,7 @@ export default function AuditLog() {
         </Box>
       </FilterBar>
 
-      <Card sx={{ opacity: isPending ? 0.6 : 1, transition: "opacity .2s" }}>
+      <Card sx={{ opacity: isFetching ? 0.6 : 1, transition: "opacity .2s" }}>
         <DataTable<AuditLogEntry>
           columns={columns}
           rows={logs}