diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/NppIO.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/NppIO.cpp
index a6ab9c925..14e344b6e 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/NppIO.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/NppIO.cpp
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ void Notepad_plus::fileOpen()
 	size_t sz = fns.size();
 	for (size_t i = 0 ; i < sz ; ++i)
 	{
-		BufferID test = doOpen(fns.at(i).c_str(), false, fDlg.isReadOnly());
+		BufferID test = doOpen(fns.at(i).c_str());
 		if (test != BUFFER_INVALID)
 			lastOpened = test;
 	}