diff --git a/share/functions/funced.fish b/share/functions/funced.fish
index 1cba34efa..3724b4eb5 100644
--- a/share/functions/funced.fish
+++ b/share/functions/funced.fish
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ function funced --description 'Edit function definition'
                 set -l new_checksum (__funced_md5 "$tmpname")
                 if test "$new_checksum" = "$checksum"
                     echo (_ "Editor exited but the function was not modified")
-                    # Don't source or save an unmodified file.
+                    # Source but don't save an unmodified file.
+                    # (Source in case the file changed externally since we first loaded it.)
+                    source "$writepath"
                     break
                 end
             end