diff --git a/src/document/renderer.c b/src/document/renderer.c
index 1bb3dca0b..1a464c936 100644
--- a/src/document/renderer.c
+++ b/src/document/renderer.c
@@ -329,8 +329,6 @@ render_document(struct view_state *vs, struct document_view *doc_view,
 	if (document) {
 		doc_view->document = document;
 	} else {
-		struct form *form;
-
 		document = init_document(cached, options);
 		if (!document) return;
 		doc_view->document = document;
@@ -362,12 +360,6 @@ render_document(struct view_state *vs, struct document_view *doc_view,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CSS
 		document->css_magic = get_document_css_magic(document);
 #endif
-		if (doc_view->reload) {
-			foreach (form, document->forms) {
-				do_reset_form(doc_view, form);
-			}
-			doc_view->reload = 0;
-		}
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_ECMASCRIPT
 	if (!vs->ecmascript_fragile)
diff --git a/src/document/view.h b/src/document/view.h
index 0eacb72f1..4c07b0039 100644
--- a/src/document/view.h
+++ b/src/document/view.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ struct document_view {
 	int last_x, last_y; /* last pos of window */
 	int depth;
 	unsigned int used:1;
-	unsigned int reload:1;
 };
 
 #define get_old_current_link(doc_view) \
diff --git a/src/session/session.c b/src/session/session.c
index 2637c065f..07e54b1f5 100644
--- a/src/session/session.c
+++ b/src/session/session.c
@@ -1199,8 +1199,13 @@ reload(struct session *ses, enum cache_mode cache_mode)
 		struct location *loc = cur_loc(ses);
 		struct file_to_load *ftl;
 		struct document_view *doc_view = current_frame(ses);
+		struct document *document = doc_view->document;
+		struct form *form;
 
-		doc_view->reload = 1;
+		assert(document);
+		foreach (form, document->forms) {
+			do_reset_form(doc_view, form);
+		}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ECMASCRIPT
 		loc->vs.ecmascript_fragile = 1;