diff --git a/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents_impl.cc b/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents_impl.cc
index 8efb160f63f..20ee3081558 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents_impl.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents_impl.cc
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ void InspectableWebContentsImpl::ShowDevTools() {
 
 void InspectableWebContentsImpl::CloseDevTools() {
   if (devtools_web_contents_) {
+    frontend_loaded_ = false;
     view_->CloseDevTools();
     devtools_web_contents_.reset();
     web_contents_->Focus();