diff --git a/lib/ace/edit_session.js b/lib/ace/edit_session.js
index 9f31841c..ea1e92c3 100644
--- a/lib/ace/edit_session.js
+++ b/lib/ace/edit_session.js
@@ -885,9 +885,10 @@ var EditSession = function(text, mode) {
         if (!this.$modes["ace/mode/text"])
             this.$modes["ace/mode/text"] = new TextMode();
 
-        if (this.$modes[path] && !options)
+        if (this.$modes[path] && !options) {
+            cb && cb(this.mode);
             return this.$onChangeMode(this.$modes[path]);
-
+        }
         // load on demand
         this.$modeId = path;
         config.loadModule(["mode", path], function(m) {