diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index f40b60e77d..aa1cf4bf73 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -4866,7 +4866,6 @@ Session::reset_last_capture_sources ()
 			continue;
 		}
 		tr->reset_last_capture_sources ();
-
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
index d4627c40cc..a8b785852a 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
@@ -774,6 +774,13 @@ Session::save_state (string snapshot_name, bool pending, bool switch_to_snapshot
 	XMLTree tree;
 	std::string xml_path(_session_dir->root_path());
 
+	if (!pending) {
+		/* Prevent destructive edits after explicit save or snapshot changes.
+		 * Otherwise this one can delete sources used by other snapshot
+		 */
+		reset_last_capture_sources ();
+	}
+
 	/* prevent concurrent saves from different threads */
 
 	Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock lm (save_state_lock);