diff --git a/lisp/wdired.el b/lisp/wdired.el
index 5572dcb32f3..ac3735d636f 100644
--- a/lisp/wdired.el
+++ b/lisp/wdired.el
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ wdired-abort-changes
     (insert wdired--old-content)
     (goto-char wdired--old-point))
   (wdired-change-to-dired-mode)
+  (dired-revert)
   (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
   (setq buffer-undo-list nil)
   (message "Changes aborted"))