diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObject.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObject.cpp
index 240886c669..15b1df6d81 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObject.cpp
@@ -6614,6 +6614,8 @@ void SketchObject::onDocumentRestored()
 void SketchObject::restoreFinished()
 {
     try {
+        validateExternalLinks();
+        rebuildExternalGeometry();
         Constraints.acceptGeometry(getCompleteGeometry());
         // this may happen when saving a sketch directly in edit mode
         // but never performed a recompute before