diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index bfbe8d2605..c17fa83adc 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -2563,8 +2563,10 @@ bool GuiView::dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd)
 			int const ret = Alert::prompt(_("Revert to saved document?"),
 				text, 1, 1, _("&Revert"), _("&Cancel"));
 
-			if (ret == 0)
+			if (ret == 0) {
+				doc_buffer->markClean();
 				reloadBuffer();
+			}
 			break;
 		}