diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/documentmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/documentmanager.cpp
index 9ae7a491857..dbf647afdcd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/documentmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/documentmanager.cpp
@@ -908,14 +908,16 @@ void DocumentManager::checkForReload()
     if (!QApplication::activeWindow())
         return;
 
-    if (QApplication::activeModalWidget()) { // a modal dialog, recheck later
+    if (QApplication::activeModalWidget() || d->m_blockActivated) {
+        // We do not want to prompt for modified file if we currently have some modal dialog open.
+        // If d->m_blockActivated is true, then it means that the event processing of either the
+        // file modified dialog, or of loading large files, has delivered a file change event from
+        // a watcher *and* the timer triggered. We may never end up here in a nested way, so
+        // recheck later.
         QTimer::singleShot(200, this, SLOT(checkForReload()));
         return;
     }
 
-    if (d->m_blockActivated)
-        return;
-
     d->m_blockActivated = true;
 
     IDocument::ReloadSetting defaultBehavior = EditorManagerPrivate::reloadSetting();
@@ -1009,6 +1011,14 @@ void DocumentManager::checkForReload()
         // handle it!
         d->m_blockedIDocument = document;
 
+        // Update file info, also handling if e.g. link target has changed.
+        // We need to do that before the file is reloaded, because removing the watcher will
+        // loose any pending change events. Loosing change events *before* the file is reloaded
+        // doesn't matter, because in that case we then reload the new version of the file already
+        // anyhow.
+        removeFileInfo(document);
+        addFileInfo(document);
+
         bool success = true;
         QString errorString;
         // we've got some modification
@@ -1110,9 +1120,6 @@ void DocumentManager::checkForReload()
                 errorStrings << errorString;
         }
 
-        // update file info, also handling if e.g. link target has changed
-        removeFileInfo(document);
-        addFileInfo(document);
         d->m_blockedIDocument = 0;
     }
     if (!errorStrings.isEmpty())