diff --git a/src/Buffer.cpp b/src/Buffer.cpp
index 948f9cc2fd..ceb86b91e5 100644
--- a/src/Buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/Buffer.cpp
@@ -4736,7 +4736,7 @@ int Buffer::charCount(bool with_blanks) const
 }
 
 
-Buffer::ReadStatus Buffer::reload(bool clearUndo)
+Buffer::ReadStatus Buffer::reload()
 {
 	setBusy(true);
 	// c.f. bug http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6587
@@ -4754,8 +4754,7 @@ Buffer::ReadStatus Buffer::reload(bool clearUndo)
 		updateTitles();
 		markClean();
 		message(bformat(_("Document %1$s reloaded."), disp_fn));
-		if (clearUndo)
-			d->undo_.clear();
+		d->undo_.clear();
 	} else {
 		message(bformat(_("Could not reload document %1$s."), disp_fn));
 	}
diff --git a/src/Buffer.h b/src/Buffer.h
index 386625e18d..5fdf020e4c 100644
--- a/src/Buffer.h
+++ b/src/Buffer.h
@@ -230,8 +230,7 @@ public:
 	/// read a new document from a string
 	bool readString(std::string const &);
 	/// Reloads the LyX file
-	/// \param clearUndo if false, leave alone the undo stack.
-	ReadStatus reload(bool clearUndo = true);
+	ReadStatus reload();
 //FIXME: The following function should be private
 //private:
 	/// read the header, returns number of unknown tokens
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index a5438b930e..70f1e2ec27 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@ bool GuiView::renameBuffer(Buffer & b, docstring const & newname, RenameKind kin
 
 	bool const saved = saveBuffer(b, fname);
 	if (saved)
-		b.reload(false);
+		b.reload();
 	return saved;
 }