diff --git a/src/app/shared/item/item-versions/item-versions.component.html b/src/app/shared/item/item-versions/item-versions.component.html
index 432b10e8f1f..8d1e4e2686e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/item/item-versions/item-versions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/item/item-versions/item-versions.component.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ <h2 *ngIf="displayTitle">{{"item.version.history.head" | translate}}</h2>
           <thead>
           <tr>
             <th scope="col">{{"item.version.history.table.version" | translate}}</th>
-            <th scope="col" *ngIf="(showSubmitter() | async)">{{"item.version.history.table.editor" | translate}}</th>
+            <th scope="col" *ngIf="(showSubmitter$ | async)">{{"item.version.history.table.editor" | translate}}</th>
             <th scope="col">{{"item.version.history.table.date" | translate}}</th>
             <th scope="col">{{"item.version.history.table.summary" | translate}}</th>
           </tr>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ <h2 *ngIf="displayTitle">{{"item.version.history.head" | translate}}</h2>
                 </ng-container>
               </ng-container>
             </td>
-            <td class="version-row-element-editor" *ngIf="(showSubmitter() | async)">
+            <td class="version-row-element-editor" *ngIf="(showSubmitter$ | async)">
               {{version?.submitterName}}
             </td>
             <td class="version-row-element-date">
diff --git a/src/app/shared/item/item-versions/item-versions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/item/item-versions/item-versions.component.ts
index 2457cf76c49..86cca3bb46b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/item/item-versions/item-versions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/item/item-versions/item-versions.component.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,7 @@ import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { Version } from '../../../core/shared/version.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
-import {
-  BehaviorSubject,
-  combineLatest,
-  Observable,
-  of,
-  Subscription,
-} from 'rxjs';
+import { BehaviorSubject, combineLatest, Observable, of, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { VersionHistory } from '../../../core/shared/version-history.model';
 import {
   getAllSucceededRemoteData,
@@ -25,7 +19,7 @@ import { VersionHistoryDataService } from '../../../core/data/version-history-da
 import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../search/models/paginated-search-options.model';
 import { AlertType } from '../../alert/aletr-type';
 import { followLink } from '../../utils/follow-link-config.model';
-import { hasValue, hasValueOperator } from '../../empty.util';
+import { hasValue, hasValueOperator, isNotNull } from '../../empty.util';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
 import {
   getItemEditVersionhistoryRoute,
@@ -167,6 +161,11 @@ export class ItemVersionsComponent implements OnInit {
   canCreateVersion$: Observable<boolean>;
   createVersionTitle$: Observable<string>;
 
+  /**
+   * Show `Editor` column in the table.
+   */
+  showSubmitter$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(null);
+
   constructor(private versionHistoryService: VersionHistoryDataService,
               private versionService: VersionDataService,
               private itemService: ItemDataService,
@@ -380,7 +379,6 @@ export class ItemVersionsComponent implements OnInit {
    * Show submitter in version history table
    */
   showSubmitter() {
-
     const includeSubmitter$ = this.configurationService.findByPropertyName('versioning.item.history.include.submitter').pipe(
       getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload(),
       map((configurationProperty) => configurationProperty.values[0]),
@@ -398,12 +396,19 @@ export class ItemVersionsComponent implements OnInit {
       take(1),
     );
 
-    return combineLatest([includeSubmitter$, isAdmin$]).pipe(
+    const result$ = combineLatest([includeSubmitter$, isAdmin$]).pipe(
       map(([includeSubmitter, isAdmin]) => {
         return includeSubmitter && isAdmin;
       })
     );
 
+    if (isNotNull(this.showSubmitter$.value)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    result$.subscribe(res => {
+      this.showSubmitter$.next(res);
+    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -524,6 +529,8 @@ export class ItemVersionsComponent implements OnInit {
           return itemPageRoutes;
         })
       );
+
+      this.showSubmitter();
     }
   }