diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 3e869889..20e20461 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.8.2
 ================
+- Reload forces read preference to be PRIMARY (#355)
 - Querysets are now lest restrictive when querying duplicate fields (#332, #333)
 - FileField now honouring db_alias (#341)
 - Removed customised __set__ change tracking in ComplexBaseField (#344)
diff --git a/mongoengine/document.py b/mongoengine/document.py
index 92d0631f..e04e2bcd 100644
--- a/mongoengine/document.py
+++ b/mongoengine/document.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import warnings
 import pymongo
 import re
 
+from pymongo.read_preferences import ReadPreference
 from bson.dbref import DBRef
 from mongoengine import signals
 from mongoengine.base import (DocumentMetaclass, TopLevelDocumentMetaclass,
@@ -421,8 +422,9 @@ class Document(BaseDocument):
         .. versionchanged:: 0.6  Now chainable
         """
         id_field = self._meta['id_field']
-        obj = self._qs.filter(**{id_field: self[id_field]}
-                              ).limit(1).select_related(max_depth=max_depth)
+        obj = self._qs.read_preference(ReadPreference.PRIMARY).filter(
+                **{id_field: self[id_field]}).limit(1).select_related(max_depth=max_depth)
+
         if obj:
             obj = obj[0]
         else: