diff --git a/modules/lang/org/+capture.el b/modules/lang/org/+capture.el
index dd2039b98..2859b4875 100644
--- a/modules/lang/org/+capture.el
+++ b/modules/lang/org/+capture.el
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
 
   (add-hook 'org-capture-after-finalize-hook #'+org-capture|cleanup-frame)
 
+  ;; fix #462: when refiling from org-capture, Emacs prompts to kill the
+  ;; underlying, modified buffer. This fixes that.
+  (defun +org-capture*refile (orig-fn &rest args)
+    (when org-capture-is-refiling
+      (org-save-all-org-buffers)))
+  (advice-add 'org-refile :after #'+org-capture*refile)
+
   (when (featurep! :feature evil)
     (add-hook 'org-capture-mode-hook #'evil-insert-state))