diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.spec.tsx
index d6e3526113f..b3ebad26d44 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.spec.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import SingleFieldList from '../list/SingleFieldList';
 
 describe('<ReferenceArrayField />', () => {
     afterEach(cleanup);
-    it('should render a loading indicator when related records are not yet fetched', () => {
+    it('should render a loading indicator when related records are not yet fetched and a second has passed', async () => {
         const { queryAllByRole } = render(
             <ListContextProvider
                 value={{
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ describe('<ReferenceArrayField />', () => {
                 </ReferenceArrayFieldView>
             </ListContextProvider>
         );
+
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1001));
         expect(queryAllByRole('progressbar')).toHaveLength(1);
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.tsx
index 5da928cb5ab..04a06a546cf 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Children, cloneElement, FC, memo, ReactElement } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { LinearProgress } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
 import {
     ListContextProvider,
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { fieldPropTypes, PublicFieldProps, InjectedFieldProps } from './types';
 import { ClassesOverride } from '../types';
 import sanitizeFieldRestProps from './sanitizeFieldRestProps';
+import { LinearProgress } from '../layout';
 
 /**
  * A container component that fetches records from another resource specified
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceField.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceField.spec.tsx
index b96098b7c41..a7e5a1fbffc 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceField.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceField.spec.tsx
@@ -9,20 +9,43 @@ import TextField from './TextField';
 
 describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
     afterEach(cleanup);
+    const record = { id: 123, postId: 123 };
 
     describe('Progress bar', () => {
-        it('should display a loader on mount if the reference is not in the store', () => {
+        it("should not display a loader on mount if the reference is not in the store and a second hasn't passed yet", async () => {
             const { queryByRole, container } = renderWithRedux(
-                <ReferenceField
-                    record={{ id: 123, postId: 123 }}
+                <ReferenceFieldView
+                    record={record}
                     resource="comments"
                     source="postId"
                     reference="posts"
                     basePath="/comments"
+                    loaded={false}
+                    loading={true}
                 >
                     <TextField source="title" />
-                </ReferenceField>
+                </ReferenceFieldView>
+            );
+            await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
+            expect(queryByRole('progressbar')).toBeNull();
+            const links = container.getElementsByTagName('a');
+            expect(links).toHaveLength(0);
+        });
+        it('should display a loader on mount if the reference is not in the store and a second has passed', async () => {
+            const { queryByRole, container } = renderWithRedux(
+                <ReferenceFieldView
+                    record={record}
+                    resource="comments"
+                    source="postId"
+                    reference="posts"
+                    basePath="/comments"
+                    loaded={false}
+                    loading={true}
+                >
+                    <TextField source="title" />
+                </ReferenceFieldView>
             );
+            await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1001));
             expect(queryByRole('progressbar')).not.toBeNull();
             const links = container.getElementsByTagName('a');
             expect(links).toHaveLength(0);
@@ -32,7 +55,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
             const { queryByRole, container } = renderWithRedux(
                 <MemoryRouter>
                     <ReferenceField
-                        record={{ id: 123, postId: 123 }}
+                        record={record}
                         resource="comments"
                         source="postId"
                         reference="posts"
@@ -67,7 +90,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
                 <DataProviderContext.Provider value={dataProvider}>
                     <MemoryRouter>
                         <ReferenceField
-                            record={{ id: 123, postId: 123 }}
+                            record={record}
                             resource="comments"
                             source="postId"
                             reference="posts"
@@ -99,7 +122,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
                 // @ts-ignore-line
                 <DataProviderContext.Provider value={dataProvider}>
                     <ReferenceField
-                        record={{ id: 123, postId: 123 }}
+                        record={record}
                         resource="comments"
                         source="postId"
                         reference="posts"
@@ -124,7 +147,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
                 // @ts-ignore-line
                 <DataProviderContext.Provider value={dataProvider}>
                     <ReferenceField
-                        record={{ id: 123, postId: 123 }}
+                        record={record}
                         resource="comments"
                         source="postId"
                         reference="posts"
@@ -161,7 +184,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
         const { container, getByText } = renderWithRedux(
             <MemoryRouter>
                 <ReferenceField
-                    record={{ id: 123, postId: 123 }}
+                    record={record}
                     resource="comments"
                     source="postId"
                     reference="posts"
@@ -197,7 +220,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
             <DataProviderContext.Provider value={dataProvider}>
                 <MemoryRouter>
                     <ReferenceField
-                        record={{ id: 123, postId: 123 }}
+                        record={record}
                         resource="comments"
                         source="postId"
                         reference="posts"
@@ -223,7 +246,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
             // @ts-ignore-line
             <DataProviderContext.Provider value={dataProvider}>
                 <ReferenceField
-                    record={{ id: 123, postId: 123 }}
+                    record={record}
                     resource="comments"
                     source="postId"
                     reference="posts"
@@ -244,7 +267,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
             const { container } = render(
                 <MemoryRouter>
                     <ReferenceFieldView
-                        record={{ id: 123, postId: 123 }}
+                        record={record}
                         source="postId"
                         referenceRecord={{ id: 123, title: 'foo' }}
                         reference="posts"
@@ -266,7 +289,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceField />', () => {
         it('should render no link when resourceLinkPath is not specified', () => {
             const { container } = render(
                 <ReferenceFieldView
-                    record={{ id: 123, fooId: 123 }}
+                    record={record}
                     source="fooId"
                     referenceRecord={{ id: 123, title: 'foo' }}
                     reference="bar"
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceField.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceField.tsx
index 6847c25ce7f..c1fc99e3e4a 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceField.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceField.tsx
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export const NonEmptyReferenceField: FC<Omit<
     if (React.Children.count(children) !== 1) {
         throw new Error('<ReferenceField> only accepts a single child');
     }
-    const { basePath, resource } = props;
+    const { basePath, resource, reference } = props;
     const resourceLinkPath = getResourceLinkPath({
         ...props,
         resource,
@@ -147,12 +147,13 @@ export const NonEmptyReferenceField: FC<Omit<
         source,
         basePath,
     });
+
     return (
-        <ResourceContextProvider value={props.reference}>
+        <ResourceContextProvider value={reference}>
             <PureReferenceFieldView
                 {...props}
                 {...useReference({
-                    reference: props.reference,
+                    reference,
                     id: get(record, source),
                 })}
                 resourceLinkPath={resourceLinkPath}
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ export const ReferenceFieldView: FC<ReferenceFieldViewProps> = props => {
         ...rest
     } = props;
     const classes = useStyles(props);
+
     if (!loaded) {
         return <LinearProgress />;
     }
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceArrayInput.spec.js b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceArrayInput.spec.js
index bdd0d2f9fbb..6b34638f6c0 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceArrayInput.spec.js
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceArrayInput.spec.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceArrayInput />', () => {
         translate: x => `*${x}*`,
     };
 
-    it('should render a progress bar if loading is true', () => {
+    it("should not render a progress bar if loading is true and a second hasn't passed", async () => {
         const MyComponent = () => <div>MyComponent</div>;
         const { queryByRole, queryByText } = render(
             <ReferenceArrayInputView
@@ -28,6 +28,25 @@ describe('<ReferenceArrayInput />', () => {
                 <MyComponent />
             </ReferenceArrayInputView>
         );
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 250));
+        expect(queryByRole('progressbar')).toBeNull();
+        expect(queryByText('MyComponent')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should render a progress bar if loading is true and a second has passed', async () => {
+        const MyComponent = () => <div>MyComponent</div>;
+        const { queryByRole, queryByText } = render(
+            <ReferenceArrayInputView
+                {...{
+                    ...defaultProps,
+                    loading: true,
+                    input: {},
+                }}
+            >
+                <MyComponent />
+            </ReferenceArrayInputView>
+        );
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1001));
         expect(queryByRole('progressbar')).not.toBeNull();
         expect(queryByText('MyComponent')).toBeNull();
     });
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceInput.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceInput.spec.tsx
index 2133fc801f8..6d3a250f9df 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceInput.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/ReferenceInput.spec.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('<ReferenceInput />', () => {
 
     afterEach(cleanup);
 
-    it('should render a LinearProgress if loading is true', () => {
+    it('should render a LinearProgress if loading is true and a second has passed', async () => {
         const { queryByRole } = render(
             <ReferenceInputView
                 {...{
@@ -72,9 +72,27 @@ describe('<ReferenceInput />', () => {
             </ReferenceInputView>
         );
 
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1001));
         expect(queryByRole('progressbar')).not.toBeNull();
     });
 
+    it("should not render a LinearProgress if loading is true and a second hasn't passed", async () => {
+        const { queryByRole } = render(
+            <ReferenceInputView
+                {...{
+                    ...defaultProps,
+                    input: { value: 1 },
+                    loading: true,
+                }}
+            >
+                <MyComponent />
+            </ReferenceInputView>
+        );
+
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 250));
+        expect(queryByRole('progressbar')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it('should not render a LinearProgress if loading is false', () => {
         const { queryByRole } = render(
             <ReferenceInputView
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/layout/LinearProgress.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/layout/LinearProgress.tsx
index e990ac25640..68f51bddd00 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/layout/LinearProgress.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/layout/LinearProgress.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import Progress from '@material-ui/core/LinearProgress';
+import Progress, {
+    LinearProgressProps as ProgressProps,
+} from '@material-ui/core/LinearProgress';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
+import { useTimeout } from 'ra-core';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(
     theme => ({
@@ -24,18 +27,27 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles(
  *
  * @param {Object} classes CSS class names
  */
-const LinearProgress = props => {
+const LinearProgress = ({ timeout = 1000, ...props }: LinearProgressProps) => {
     const { classes: classesOverride, className, ...rest } = props;
     const classes = useStyles(props);
-    return (
+    const oneSecondHasPassed = useTimeout(timeout);
+
+    return oneSecondHasPassed ? (
         <Progress className={classnames(classes.root, className)} {...rest} />
-    );
+    ) : null;
 };
+
 LinearProgress.propTypes = {
     classes: PropTypes.object,
     className: PropTypes.string,
+    timeout: PropTypes.number,
 };
+
 // wat? TypeScript looses the displayName if we don't set it explicitly
 LinearProgress.displayName = 'LinearProgress';
 
+export interface LinearProgressProps extends ProgressProps {
+    timeout?: number;
+}
+
 export default LinearProgress;
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/layout/index.ts b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/layout/index.ts
index 10a4e673615..7ca62dcf6e8 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/layout/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/layout/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import HideOnScroll, { HideOnScrollProps } from './HideOnScroll';
 import Layout, { LayoutProps } from './Layout';
 import Loading from './Loading';
 import LoadingPage from './LoadingPage';
-import LinearProgress from './LinearProgress';
+import LinearProgress, { LinearProgressProps } from './LinearProgress';
 import LoadingIndicator from './LoadingIndicator';
 import Menu, { MenuProps } from './Menu';
 import MenuItemLink, { MenuItemLinkProps } from './MenuItemLink';
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export type {
     ErrorProps,
     HideOnScrollProps,
     LayoutProps,
+    LinearProgressProps,
     MenuItemLinkProps,
     MenuProps,
     ResponsiveProps,