diff --git a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
index 33fd76cb2..a51364da4 100644
--- a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                                 @click="onRowClick($event, rowData, index)" @touchend="onRowTouchEnd($event)" @keydown="onRowKeyDown($event, rowData, index)" :tabindex="selectionMode ? '0' : null"
                                 @mousedown="onRowMouseDown($event)" @dragstart="onRowDragStart($event, index)" @dragover="onRowDragOver($event,index)" @dragleave="onRowDragLeave($event)" @dragend="onRowDragEnd($event)" @drop="onRowDrop($event)">
                                 <DTBodyCell v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :rowData="rowData" :column="col" :selected="isSelected(rowData)"
-                                    :rowTogglerIcon="rowTogglerIcon(rowData)" @row-toggle="toggleRow" 
+                                    :rowTogglerIcon="col.expander ? rowTogglerIcon(rowData): null" @row-toggle="toggleRow" 
                                     @radio-change="toggleRowWithRadio" @checkbox-change="toggleRowWithCheckbox" />
                             </tr>
                             <tr class="p-datatable-row-expansion" v-if="expandedRows && isRowExpanded(rowData)" :key="getRowKey(rowData, index) + '_expansion'">