diff --git a/core/lib/Foswiki/Meta.pm b/core/lib/Foswiki/Meta.pm
index fa9165c..535e4b1 100644
--- a/core/lib/Foswiki/Meta.pm
+++ b/core/lib/Foswiki/Meta.pm
@@ -1796,6 +1796,16 @@ sub save {
         $signal = shift;
     };
 
+    # Refresh preferences values
+    if ( $this->{_web} && $this->{_topic} && !defined $signal ) {
+
+        # Refresh is needed only if preferences were already loaded.
+        # If not, they'll get loaded lazily (and up-to-date) when needed.
+        if ( $this->{_preferences} ) {
+            $this->{_preferences}->refresh();
+        }
+    }
+
     # Semantics inherited from TWiki. See
     # TWiki:Codev.BugBeforeSaveHandlerBroken
     if ( $plugins->haveHandlerFor('afterSaveHandler') ) {
diff --git a/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/BaseBackend.pm b/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/BaseBackend.pm
index fef003b..fbc774f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/BaseBackend.pm
+++ b/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/BaseBackend.pm
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ sub insert {
 
 =begin TML
 
+---++ ObjectMethod refresh()
+
+Parse the topic again to get the most up-to-date preferences.
+
+=cut
+
+sub refresh {
+    ASSERT('Pure virtual method - child classes must redefine');
+}
+
+=begin TML
+
 ---++ ObjectMethod cleanupInsertValue($value_ref)
 
 Utility method that cleans $$vaue_ref for later use in insert().
diff --git a/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/Parser.pm b/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/Parser.pm
index fc826e9..8f1fe05 100644
--- a/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/Parser.pm
+++ b/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/Parser.pm
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ Parse settings from the topic and add them to the preferences in $prefs
 =cut
 
 sub parse {
-    my ( $topicObject, $prefs ) = @_;
+    my ($prefs) = @_;
 
     # Process text first
     my $key   = '';
     my $value = '';
     my $type;
+    my $topicObject = $prefs->topicObject;
     my $text = $topicObject->text();
     $text = '' unless defined $text;
 
diff --git a/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/TopicRAM.pm b/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/TopicRAM.pm
index bb49e2e..b526b69 100644
--- a/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/TopicRAM.pm
+++ b/core/lib/Foswiki/Prefs/TopicRAM.pm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sub new {
     $this->{local}  = {};
 
     if ( $topicObject->existsInStore() ) {
-        Foswiki::Prefs::Parser::parse( $topicObject, $this );
+        Foswiki::Prefs::Parser::parse($this);
     }
     $this->{topicObject} = $topicObject;
 
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ sub getLocal {
     return $this->{local}{$key};
 }
 
+sub refresh {
+    my $this = shift;
+    $this->{values} = {};
+    $this->{local}  = {};
+    if ( $this->{topicObject}->existsInStore() ) {
+        Foswiki::Prefs::Parser::parse($this);
+    }
+}
+
 sub insert {
     my ( $this, $type, $key, $value ) = @_;