diff --git a/views_autorefresh.js b/views_autorefresh.js
index bf928708f0da3de9750f200a4512dd14721bfa70..017b2a277a0d89a0be58cb6dae5132cef04a514c 100644
--- a/views_autorefresh.js
+++ b/views_autorefresh.js
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Drupal.views_autorefresh.timer = function(view_name, anchor, target) {
   Drupal.settings.views_autorefresh[view_name].timer = setTimeout(function() {
     clearTimeout(Drupal.settings.views_autorefresh[view_name].timer);
 
+    // Turn off "new" items class.
+    $('.views-autorefresh-new', target).removeClass('views-autorefresh-new');
+
     // Handle ping path.
     var ping_base_path;
     if (Drupal.settings.views_autorefresh[view_name].ping) {