diff --git a/docs/components/table.md b/docs/components/table.md
index 0332fb6d12..78ad85c5f4 100644
--- a/docs/components/table.md
+++ b/docs/components/table.md
@@ -870,6 +870,10 @@ Emitted when error state action button is clicked.
 
 Fired when the user changes the table's page size, performs sorting, resizes columns or toggles column visibility. Event payload is object of type `TablePreferences` interface (see [`tablePreferences` prop](#tablepreferences) for details).
 
+:::warning WARNING
+`update:table-preferences` event only fires when KTable is in `success` state (see [`state` event](#state) for details).
+:::
+
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { AddIcon, SearchIcon, MoreIcon } from '@kong/icons'
 import { getCurrentInstance } from 'vue'
diff --git a/src/components/KTable/KTable.vue b/src/components/KTable/KTable.vue
index ff22622b6f..548da34cf2 100644
--- a/src/components/KTable/KTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/KTable/KTable.vue
@@ -988,7 +988,9 @@ const tablePreferences = computed((): TablePreferences => ({
 }))
 
 const emitTablePreferences = (): void => {
-  emit('update:table-preferences', tablePreferences.value)
+  if (tableState.value === 'success') {
+    emit('update:table-preferences', tablePreferences.value)
+  }
 }
 
 const getNextOffsetHandler = (): void => {