diff --git a/widget-mvc.el b/widget-mvc.el
index 81f16cb..7c97c18 100644
--- a/widget-mvc.el
+++ b/widget-mvc.el
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ This function kills the old buffer if it exists."
                 collect (cons name result))))
     (when fails
       (wmvc:context-attr-set ctx 'error fails)
+      (setf (wmvc:context-model ctx) model)
       (wmvc:reload-buffer ctx)
       (throw 'fail nil))))