diff --git a/src/document/renderer.c b/src/document/renderer.c
index 979655810..9304b25a3 100644
--- a/src/document/renderer.c
+++ b/src/document/renderer.c
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ render_encoded_document(struct cache_entry *cached, struct document *document)
 	}
 }
 
-static void
-compress_lines(struct document *document)
+void
+compress_empty_lines(struct document *document)
 {
 	int minus = 0;
 	int maxy = document->height;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ render_document(struct view_state *vs, struct document_view *doc_view,
 		render_encoded_document(cached, document);
 
 		if (!vs->plain && options->html_compress_empty_lines) {
-			compress_lines(document);
+			compress_empty_lines(document);
 		}
 
 		sort_links(document);
diff --git a/src/document/renderer.h b/src/document/renderer.h
index 5817718cb..cf85d0a2f 100644
--- a/src/document/renderer.h
+++ b/src/document/renderer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct screen_char;
 void render_document(struct view_state *, struct document_view *, struct document_options *);
 void render_document_frames(struct session *ses, int no_cache);
 struct conv_table *get_convert_table(char *head, int to_cp, int default_cp, int *from_cp, enum cp_status *cp_status, int ignore_server_cp);
+void compress_empty_lines(struct document *document);
 void sort_links(struct document *document);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/js/ecmascript.c b/src/js/ecmascript.c
index 9f3520b13..f3178ee18 100644
--- a/src/js/ecmascript.c
+++ b/src/js/ecmascript.c
@@ -268,16 +268,21 @@ static void
 delayed_reload(void *data)
 {
 	struct delayed_rel *rel = (struct delayed_rel *)data;
-	struct session *ses = rel->ses;
-
 	assert(rel);
+	struct session *ses = rel->ses;
+	struct document *document = rel->document;
 
-	object_unlock(rel->document);
+	object_unlock(document);
 
-	reset_document(rel->document);
-	rel->document->links_sorted = 0;
-	dump_xhtml(rel->cached, rel->document, 1 + rel->was_write);
-	sort_links(rel->document);
+	reset_document(document);
+	document->links_sorted = 0;
+	dump_xhtml(rel->cached, document, 1 + rel->was_write);
+
+	if (!ses->doc_view->vs->plain && document->options.html_compress_empty_lines) {
+		compress_empty_lines(document);
+	}
+
+	sort_links(document);
 	draw_formatted(ses, 2);
 	load_common(ses);
 	mem_free(rel);