From f4997c3771338b5c6bc8f0dbbc898f76b7b38ac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasV <thomasv@electrum.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:41:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] follow-up 7576a99a0bc4a06100e8a7c4c8d3d2022080362a

---
 electrum/wallet.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/electrum/wallet.py b/electrum/wallet.py
index 33b512fe6..fa52b7173 100644
--- a/electrum/wallet.py
+++ b/electrum/wallet.py
@@ -2839,7 +2839,9 @@ class Abstract_Wallet(ABC, Logger, EventListener):
         ## save changes
         if self.storage and self.storage.file_exists():
             self.db._write()
-        self.unlock(None)
+        # if wallet was previously unlocked, update password in memory
+        if self._password_in_memory is not None:
+            self._password_in_memory = new_pw
 
     @abstractmethod
     def _update_password_for_keystore(self, old_pw: Optional[str], new_pw: Optional[str]) -> None: