diff --git a/src/document/html/renderer.c b/src/document/html/renderer.c
index b3bed1bb..8430c962 100644
--- a/src/document/html/renderer.c
+++ b/src/document/html/renderer.c
@@ -1970,8 +1970,11 @@ html_special(struct html_context *html_context, enum html_special_type c, ...)
 			unsigned long seconds = va_arg(l, unsigned long);
 			unsigned char *t = va_arg(l, unsigned char *);
 
-			if (document)
+			if (document) {
+				if (document->refresh)
+					done_document_refresh(document->refresh);
 				document->refresh = init_document_refresh(t, seconds);
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 		case SP_COLOR_LINK_LINES: