diff --git a/editor/editor_node.cpp b/editor/editor_node.cpp
index cb647ffc35d6..8b6d316dd16f 100644
--- a/editor/editor_node.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_node.cpp
@@ -3407,8 +3407,7 @@ void EditorNode::_discard_changes(const String &p_str) {
 			}
 			args.push_back("--project-manager");
 
-			Error err = OS::get_singleton()->create_instance(args);
-			ERR_FAIL_COND(err);
+			OS::get_singleton()->set_restart_on_exit(true, args);
 		} break;
 		case RELOAD_CURRENT_PROJECT: {
 			restart_editor();