diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.ui/src_samples/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/samples/SampleEditor.java b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.ui/src_samples/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/samples/SampleEditor.java
index 85b1bbc5883..227c25a570f 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.ui/src_samples/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/samples/SampleEditor.java
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.ui/src_samples/org/eclipse/pde/internal/ui/samples/SampleEditor.java
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ public boolean visit(IResourceDelta delta) throws CoreException {
 			IResource resource = delta.getResource();
 			if (resource instanceof IFile file) {
 				if (file.equals(((IFileEditorInput) getEditorInput()).getFile())) {
-					if (delta.getKind() == IResourceDelta.REMOVED || delta.getKind() == IResourceDelta.REPLACED) {
+					if (delta.getKind() == IResourceDelta.REMOVED
+							|| (delta.getKind() == IResourceDelta.CHANGED
+									&& (delta.getFlags() & IResourceDelta.REPLACED) != 0)) {
 						close();
 					}
 					return false;