diff --git a/lisp/doc-view.el b/lisp/doc-view.el
index b14655fb274..00240ebf08d 100644
--- a/lisp/doc-view.el
+++ b/lisp/doc-view.el
@@ -2204,7 +2204,9 @@ doc-view-mode
     (add-hook 'change-major-mode-hook
 	      (lambda ()
 		(doc-view-kill-proc)
-		(remove-overlays (point-min) (point-max) 'doc-view t))
+		(remove-overlays (point-min) (point-max) 'doc-view t)
+                (remove-function (local 'revert-buffer-function)
+                                 #'doc-view--revert-buffer))
 	      nil t)
     (add-hook 'clone-indirect-buffer-hook #'doc-view-clone-buffer-hook nil t)
     (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook #'doc-view-kill-proc nil t)