diff --git a/src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetablemodel.cpp b/src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetablemodel.cpp
index a44f7e2c405..bc9e91b2ba8 100644
--- a/src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetablemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetablemodel.cpp
@@ -248,9 +248,8 @@ void QgsAttributeTableModel::updatedFields()
 
 void QgsAttributeTableModel::editCommandEnded()
 {
-  reload( createIndex( mChangedCellBounds.top(), mChangedCellBounds.left() ),
-          createIndex( mChangedCellBounds.bottom(), mChangedCellBounds.right() ) );
-
+  // do not do releoad(...) due would trigger (dataChanged) row sort
+  // giving issue: https://issues.qgis.org/issues/15976
   mChangedCellBounds = QRect();
 }