diff --git a/src/st/st-theme-context.c b/src/st/st-theme-context.c
index de112aa49..bc0f89a4e 100644
--- a/src/st/st-theme-context.c
+++ b/src/st/st-theme-context.c
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ on_custom_stylesheets_changed (StTheme        *theme,
   GHashTableIter iter;
   StThemeNode *node;
 
+  if (context->root_node)
+    _st_theme_node_reset_for_stylesheet_change (context->root_node);
+
   g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, context->nodes);
 
   while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, (gpointer *) &node, NULL))