diff --git a/src/lib/tabwidget/tabwidget.cpp b/src/lib/tabwidget/tabwidget.cpp
index 0db722516..74df1814a 100644
--- a/src/lib/tabwidget/tabwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/tabwidget/tabwidget.cpp
@@ -629,12 +629,8 @@ int TabWidget::duplicateTab(int index)
 
     WebTab* webTab = weTab(index);
 
-    const QUrl url = webTab->url();
-    const QString title = webTab->title();
-    const QByteArray history = webTab->historyData();
-
-    int id = addView(url, title, Qz::NT_CleanNotSelectedTab);
-    weTab(id)->setHistoryData(history);
+    int id = addView(QUrl(), webTab->title(), Qz::NT_CleanNotSelectedTab);
+    weTab(id)->p_restoreTab(webTab->url(), webTab->historyData());
 
     return id;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/webtab/webtab.cpp b/src/lib/webtab/webtab.cpp
index 7cee5292b..9dc1f502d 100644
--- a/src/lib/webtab/webtab.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webtab/webtab.cpp
@@ -234,8 +234,7 @@ void WebTab::attach(BrowserWindow* window)
 
 void WebTab::setHistoryData(const QByteArray &data)
 {
-    QDataStream historyStream(data);
-    historyStream >> *m_webView->history();
+    m_webView->restoreHistory(data);
 }
 
 QByteArray WebTab::historyData() const