diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/commits_files_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/commits_files_controller.go
index 2957c8f00..5529659e0 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/commits_files_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/commits_files_controller.go
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ func (self *CommitFilesController) discard(selectedNodes []*filetree.CommitFileN
 				if self.context().RangeSelectEnabled() {
 					self.context().GetList().CancelRangeSelect()
 				}
-				return self.c.Refresh(types.RefreshOptions{Mode: types.SYNC})
+
+				return nil
 			})
 		},
 	})