diff --git a/ui/app/controllers/jobs/job/clients.js b/ui/app/controllers/jobs/job/clients.js
index a4b7f05df..a7735784c 100644
--- a/ui/app/controllers/jobs/job/clients.js
+++ b/ui/app/controllers/jobs/job/clients.js
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ export default class ClientsController extends Controller.extend(
 
   @computed('store')
   get allNodes() {
-    return this.store.peekAll('node').length
-      ? this.store.peekAll('node')
-      : this.store.findAll('node');
+    return this.store.peekAll('node');
   }
 
   @computed('allNodes', 'jobClientStatus.byNode')
diff --git a/ui/app/routes/jobs/job.js b/ui/app/routes/jobs/job.js
index 3a01c84ba..a39c16183 100644
--- a/ui/app/routes/jobs/job.js
+++ b/ui/app/routes/jobs/job.js
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ export default class JobRoute extends Route {
           relatedModelsQueries.push(job.get('recommendationSummaries'));
         }
 
+        // Optimizing future node look ups by preemptively loading everything
+        if (job.get('hasClientStatus') && this.can.can('read client')) {
+          relatedModelsQueries.push(this.store.findAll('node'));
+        }
+
         return RSVP.all(relatedModelsQueries).then(() => job);
       })
       .catch(notifyError(this));
diff --git a/ui/app/routes/jobs/job/index.js b/ui/app/routes/jobs/job/index.js
index ba2e81d1c..f5b7d7b32 100644
--- a/ui/app/routes/jobs/job/index.js
+++ b/ui/app/routes/jobs/job/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
 import { collect } from '@ember/object/computed';
 import {
@@ -9,9 +10,9 @@ import {
 import WithWatchers from 'nomad-ui/mixins/with-watchers';
 
 export default class IndexRoute extends Route.extend(WithWatchers) {
+  @service can;
+
   async model() {
-    // Optimizing future node look ups by preemptively loading everything
-    await this.store.findAll('node');
     return this.modelFor('jobs.job');
   }
 
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ export default class IndexRoute extends Route.extend(WithWatchers) {
       list:
         model.get('hasChildren') &&
         this.watchAllJobs.perform({ namespace: model.namespace.get('name') }),
-      nodes: model.get('hasClientStatus') && this.watchNodes.perform(),
+      nodes:
+        model.get('hasClientStatus') && this.can.can('read client') && this.watchNodes.perform(),
     });
   }