diff --git a/src/addons/mod/feedback/services/feedback-sync.ts b/src/addons/mod/feedback/services/feedback-sync.ts
index bdfe3d355..291cb4338 100644
--- a/src/addons/mod/feedback/services/feedback-sync.ts
+++ b/src/addons/mod/feedback/services/feedback-sync.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class AddonModFeedbackSyncProvider extends CoreCourseActivitySyncBaseProv
         courseId: number,
         regex?: RegExp,
         siteId?: string,
-    ): Promise<void> {
+    ): Promise<boolean> {
         regex = regex || /^.*files$|^timers/;
 
         return super.prefetchAfterUpdate(prefetchHandler, module, courseId, regex, siteId);
diff --git a/src/addons/mod/survey/components/index/index.ts b/src/addons/mod/survey/components/index/index.ts
index 28845b771..73999cf7a 100644
--- a/src/addons/mod/survey/components/index/index.ts
+++ b/src/addons/mod/survey/components/index/index.ts
@@ -205,21 +205,23 @@ export class AddonModSurveyIndexComponent extends CoreCourseModuleMainActivityCo
             if (online && this.isPrefetched()) {
                 // The survey is downloaded, update the data.
                 try {
-                    await AddonModSurveySync.prefetchAfterUpdate(
+                    const prefetched = await AddonModSurveySync.prefetchAfterUpdate(
                         AddonModSurveyPrefetchHandler.instance,
                         this.module,
                         this.courseId,
                     );
 
                     // Update the view.
-                    this.showLoadingAndFetch(false, false);
+                    prefetched ?
+                        this.showLoadingAndFetch(false, false) :
+                        this.showLoadingAndRefresh(false);;
                 } catch {
                     // Prefetch failed, refresh the data.
-                    await this.showLoadingAndRefresh(false);
+                    this.showLoadingAndRefresh(false);
                 }
             } else {
                 // Not downloaded, refresh the data.
-                await this.showLoadingAndRefresh(false);
+                this.showLoadingAndRefresh(false);
             }
         } catch (error) {
             CoreDomUtils.showErrorModalDefault(error, 'addon.mod_survey.cannotsubmitsurvey', true);
diff --git a/src/core/features/course/classes/activity-sync.ts b/src/core/features/course/classes/activity-sync.ts
index 8cebdddd6..50a8feccd 100644
--- a/src/core/features/course/classes/activity-sync.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/course/classes/activity-sync.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class CoreCourseActivitySyncBaseProvider<T = void> extends CoreSyncBasePr
      * @param courseId Course ID.
      * @param preventDownloadRegex If regex matches, don't download the data. Defaults to check files.
      * @param siteId Site ID. If not defined, current site.
-     * @return Promise resolved when done.
+     * @return Promise resolved with boolean: true if prefetched, false if no need to prefetch.
      */
     async prefetchAfterUpdate(
         prefetchHandler: CoreCourseModulePrefetchHandlerBase,
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ export class CoreCourseActivitySyncBaseProvider<T = void> extends CoreSyncBasePr
         courseId: number,
         preventDownloadRegex?: RegExp,
         siteId?: string,
-    ): Promise<void> {
+    ): Promise<boolean> {
         // Get the module updates to check if the data was updated or not.
         const result = await CoreCourseModulePrefetchDelegate.getModuleUpdates(module, courseId, true, siteId);
 
         if (!result?.updates.length) {
-            return;
+            return false;
         }
 
         // Only prefetch if files haven't changed, to prevent downloading too much data automatically.
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ export class CoreCourseActivitySyncBaseProvider<T = void> extends CoreSyncBasePr
         const shouldDownload = !result.updates.find((entry) => entry.name.match(regex));
 
         if (shouldDownload) {
-            return prefetchHandler.download(module, courseId);
+            await prefetchHandler.download(module, courseId);
+
+            return true;
         }
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**