diff --git a/src/calibre/db/view.py b/src/calibre/db/view.py
index 04f205f21f..e9d42c97a1 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/view.py
@@ -335,14 +335,14 @@ class View(object):
         # be shared by multiple views. This is not ideal, but...
         self.cache.clear_search_caches(old_marked_ids | set(self.marked_ids))
 
-    def refresh(self, field=None, ascending=True, clear_caches=True):
+    def refresh(self, field=None, ascending=True, clear_caches=True, do_search=True):
         self._map = tuple(sorted(self.cache.all_book_ids()))
         self._map_filtered = tuple(self._map)
         if clear_caches:
             self.cache.clear_caches()
         if field is not None:
             self.sort(field, ascending)
-        if self.search_restriction or self.base_restriction:
+        if do_search and self.search_restriction or self.base_restriction:
             self.search('', return_matches=False)
 
     def refresh_ids(self, ids):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index a5b73fc296..a7554f62f0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -543,12 +543,12 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin,  # {{{
             self.raise_()
             self.activateWindow()
         elif msg.startswith('refreshdb:'):
-            db = self.library_view.model().db
-            db.new_api.reload_from_db()
-            self.library_view.model().resort()
-            self.library_view.model().research()
+            m = self.library_view.model()
+            m.db.new_api.reload_from_db()
+            m.db.data.refresh(clear_caches=False, do_search=False)
+            m.resort()
+            m.research()
             self.tags_view.recount()
-            self.library_view.model().db.refresh_format_cache()
         elif msg.startswith('shutdown:'):
             self.quit(confirm_quit=False)
         else: