diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
index 0ca1d62f3a..c09ff047f3 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
@@ -419,10 +419,10 @@ Session::post_engine_init ()
 void
 Session::session_loaded ()
 {
-	SessionLoaded();
-
 	set_clean ();
 
+	SessionLoaded();
+
 	if (_is_new) {
 		save_state ("");
 	}