diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index fcc0ea2e8855..befe17db78b9 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -99,11 +99,14 @@ void WebContents::Stop() {
 }
 
 void WebContents::Reload() {
-  web_contents()->GetController().Reload(false);
+  // Navigating to a URL would always restart the renderer process, we want this
+  // because normal reloading will break our node integration.
+  // This is done by AtomBrowserClient::ShouldSwapProcessesForNavigation.
+  LoadURL(GetURL());
 }
 
 void WebContents::ReloadIgnoringCache() {
-  web_contents()->GetController().ReloadIgnoringCache(false);
+  Reload();
 }
 
 bool WebContents::CanGoBack() const {
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee
index 7413ff8b8415..421d8842d6a7 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ BrowserWindow::loadUrl = -> @webContents.loadUrl.apply @webContents, arguments
 BrowserWindow::send = -> @webContents.send.apply @webContents, arguments
 
 # Be compatible with old API.
-BrowserWindow::restart = -> @webContents.restart()
+BrowserWindow::restart = -> @webContents.reload()
 BrowserWindow::getUrl = -> @webContents.getUrl()
 BrowserWindow::reload = -> @webContents.reload()
 BrowserWindow::reloadIgnoringCache = -> @webContents.reloadIgnoringCache()
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
index 822f34623485..5e7212334764 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ module.exports.wrap = (webContents) ->
   webContents.send = (args...) ->
     @_send 'ATOM_INTERNAL_MESSAGE', [args...]
 
-  # WebContents::restart()
-  # Restart the renderer process.
-  webContents.restart = -> @loadUrl @getUrl()
-
   # The processId and routingId and identify a webContents.
   webContents.getId = -> "#{@getProcessId()}-#{@getRoutingId()}"
   webContents.equal = (other) -> @getId() is other.getId()
diff --git a/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc b/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc
index bd7d95ab47c6..2c51b03b9831 100644
--- a/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ bool AtomBrowserClient::ShouldSwapProcessesForNavigation(
   if (site_instance->HasProcess())
     dying_render_process_ = site_instance->GetProcess();
 
-  // Restart renderer process for all navigations.
+  // Restart renderer process for all navigations, this relies on a patch to
+  // Chromium: http://git.io/_PaNyg.
   return true;
 }