diff --git a/edit/ChangeLog b/edit/ChangeLog
index 6d604b22f..37e4f67ea 100644
--- a/edit/ChangeLog
+++ b/edit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2003-07-08  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* edit-widget.h: Add new field loading_done.
+	* edit.c (edit_init): Set loading_done.
+	(edit_insert): Don't call edit_modification() before the file is
+	completely loaded.
+
 	* edit-widget.h: Eliminate unused explicit_syntax field.
 
 	* edit-widget.h: Stop misusing "unsigned char" for boolean.
diff --git a/edit/edit-widget.h b/edit/edit-widget.h
index 5b4833f6f..4198abc89 100644
--- a/edit/edit-widget.h
+++ b/edit/edit-widget.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct WEdit {
     int force;			/* how much of the screen do we redraw? */
     int overwrite:1;		/* Overwrite on type mode (as opposed to insert) */
     int modified:1;		/* File has been modified and needs saving */
+    int loading_done:1;		/* File has been loaded into the editor */
     int locked:1;		/* We hold lock on current file */
     int screen_modified:1;	/* File has been changed since the last screen draw */
     int delete_file:1;		/* New file, needs to be deleted unless modified */
diff --git a/edit/edit.c b/edit/edit.c
index 19729a906..75420bb4a 100644
--- a/edit/edit.c
+++ b/edit/edit.c
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ edit_init (WEdit *edit, int lines, int columns, const char *filename,
 	    g_free (edit);
 	return 0;
     }
+    edit->loading_done = 1;
     edit->modified = 0;
     edit->locked = 0;
     edit_load_syntax (edit, 0, 0);
@@ -839,8 +840,10 @@ edit_insert (WEdit *edit, int c)
 	    edit->start_line++;
     }
 
-    /* tell that we've modified the file */
-    edit_modification (edit);
+    /* Mark file as modified, unless the file hasn't been fully loaded */
+    if (edit->loading_done) {
+	edit_modification (edit);
+    }
     
     /* now we must update some info on the file and check if a redraw is required */
     if (c == '\n') {