diff --git a/autoload/fugitive.vim b/autoload/fugitive.vim
index be22420..13df6a4 100644
--- a/autoload/fugitive.vim
+++ b/autoload/fugitive.vim
@@ -4265,7 +4265,7 @@ function! s:ReloadStatusBuffer(...) abort
   endif
   let original_lnum = a:0 ? a:1 : line('.')
   let info = s:StageInfo(original_lnum)
-  call fugitive#BufReadStatus(0)
+  exe fugitive#BufReadStatus(0)
   call setpos('.', [0, s:StageSeek(info, original_lnum), 1, 0])
   return ''
 endfunction