diff --git a/src/app/components/button/button.ts b/src/app/components/button/button.ts
index ffe988140a4..e7aa0862e9e 100755
--- a/src/app/components/button/button.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/button/button.ts
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ export class ButtonDirective implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
             }
         } else if (this.icon && iconElement) {
             iconElement.className = `p-button-icon ${this.icon}`;
+            iconElement.innerHTML = '';
         } else if (iconElement) {
             iconElement.innerHTML = '';
             this.createIcon();