diff --git a/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp b/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
index 55957887dc..20aeb05a50 100644
--- a/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -630,7 +630,10 @@ bool ScriptEditor::_test_script_times_on_disk() {
 
 
 	if (!all_ok)
-		disk_changed->call_deferred("popup_centered_ratio",0.5);
+		if (bool(EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/autoreload_changed_scripts",false)))
+			script_editor->_reload_scripts();
+		else
+			disk_changed->call_deferred("popup_centered_ratio",0.5);
 
 	return all_ok;
 }