diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/common/editor.ts b/src/vs/workbench/common/editor.ts
index 6ec676c9306faec5c0799d8c2433129b6f6b026c..a61c86dec0c56f1cadc02a738cd7a1cdeaca2ff7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/common/editor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/common/editor.ts
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ export interface IEditorContext extends IEditorIdentifier {
 }
 
 export interface IEditorCloseEvent extends IEditorIdentifier {
-	pinned: boolean;
+	replaced: boolean;
 	index: number;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/common/editor/editorStacksModel.ts b/src/vs/workbench/common/editor/editorStacksModel.ts
index 20f09e32702b1d94dec5752ac56a75daaacfa55a..78891b8d501bece670f38566ff605eef02104345 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/common/editor/editorStacksModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/common/editor/editorStacksModel.ts
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ export class EditorGroup implements IEditorGroup {
 		}));
 	}
 
-	public replaceEditor(toReplace: EditorInput, replaceWidth: EditorInput, replaceIndex: number, openNext = true): void {
-		const event = this.doCloseEditor(toReplace, openNext); // optimization to prevent multiple setActive() in one call
+	private replaceEditor(toReplace: EditorInput, replaceWidth: EditorInput, replaceIndex: number, openNext = true): void {
+		const event = this.doCloseEditor(toReplace, openNext, true); // optimization to prevent multiple setActive() in one call
 
 		// We want to first add the new editor into our model before emitting the close event because
 		// firing the close event can trigger a dispose on the same editor that is now being added.
@@ -356,14 +356,14 @@ export class EditorGroup implements IEditorGroup {
 	}
 
 	public closeEditor(editor: EditorInput, openNext = true): void {
-		const event = this.doCloseEditor(editor, openNext);
+		const event = this.doCloseEditor(editor, openNext, false);
 
 		if (event) {
 			this.fireEvent(this._onEditorClosed, event, true);
 		}
 	}
 
-	private doCloseEditor(editor: EditorInput, openNext = true): EditorCloseEvent {
+	private doCloseEditor(editor: EditorInput, openNext: boolean, replaced: boolean): EditorCloseEvent {
 		const index = this.indexOf(editor);
 		if (index === -1) {
 			return null; // not found
@@ -384,17 +384,15 @@ export class EditorGroup implements IEditorGroup {
 		}
 
 		// Preview Editor closed
-		let pinned = true;
 		if (this.matches(this.preview, editor)) {
 			this.preview = null;
-			pinned = false;
 		}
 
 		// Remove from arrays
 		this.splice(index, true);
 
 		// Event
-		return { editor, pinned, index, group: this };
+		return { editor, replaced, index, group: this };
 	}
 
 	public closeEditors(except: EditorInput, direction?: Direction): void {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/history/browser/history.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/history/browser/history.ts
index 04c8610f378cda3cbf97894b10564a6d00c7c283..adcd70dbd1880962204d1c27409eef8ba0f65664 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/history/browser/history.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/history/browser/history.ts
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ export class HistoryService extends BaseHistoryService implements IHistoryServic
 
 	private onEditorClosed(event: IEditorCloseEvent): void {
 
-		// Track closing of pinned editor to support to reopen closed editors
-		if (event.pinned) {
+		// Track closing of editor to support to reopen closed editors (unless editor was replaced)
+		if (!event.replaced) {
 			const resource = event.editor ? event.editor.getResource() : void 0;
 			const supportsReopen = resource && this.fileService.canHandleResource(resource); // we only support file'ish things to reopen
 			if (supportsReopen) {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/parts/editor/editorStacksModel.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/parts/editor/editorStacksModel.test.ts
index 6308cacd79833198da25e23f35d49559062ee59e..8bc84172a4a7ae107370f3f9075238b5e1d9d798 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/parts/editor/editorStacksModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/parts/editor/editorStacksModel.test.ts
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ suite('Editor Stacks Model', () => {
 		assert.equal(group.activeEditor, void 0);
 		assert.equal(events.closed[0].editor, input1);
 		assert.equal(events.closed[0].index, 0);
-		assert.equal(events.closed[0].pinned, true);
+		assert.equal(events.closed[0].replaced, false);
 
 		// Active && Preview
 		const input2 = input();
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ suite('Editor Stacks Model', () => {
 		assert.equal(group.activeEditor, void 0);
 		assert.equal(events.closed[1].editor, input2);
 		assert.equal(events.closed[1].index, 0);
-		assert.equal(events.closed[1].pinned, false);
+		assert.equal(events.closed[1].replaced, false);
 
 		group.closeEditor(input2);
 		assert.equal(group.count, 0);
@@ -748,6 +748,8 @@ suite('Editor Stacks Model', () => {
 		assert.equal(events.opened[2], input3);
 		assert.equal(events.closed[0].editor, input1);
 		assert.equal(events.closed[1].editor, input2);
+		assert.equal(events.closed[0].replaced, true);
+		assert.equal(events.closed[1].replaced, true);
 
 		const mru = group.getEditors(true);
 		assert.equal(mru[0], input3);