diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 01968506bc..f47d40459b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -2245,12 +2245,18 @@ void GuiView::reloadBuffer()
 {
 	Buffer * buf = &documentBufferView()->buffer();
 	FileName filename = buf->fileName();
+	Buffer const * master = buf->masterBuffer();
+	bool const is_child = master != buf;
 	// The user has already confirmed that the changes, if any, should
 	// be discarded. So we just release the Buffer and don't call closeBuffer();
 	theBufferList().release(buf);
 	buf = loadDocument(filename);
 	docstring const disp_fn = makeDisplayPath(filename.absFilename());
 	docstring str;
+	// re-allocate master if necessary
+	if (is_child && theBufferList().isLoaded(master)
+	    && buf->masterBuffer() != master)
+		buf->setParent(master);
 	if (buf) {
 		buf->updateLabels();
 		setBuffer(buf);