diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Paypal/etc/frontend/sections.xml b/app/code/Magento/Paypal/etc/frontend/sections.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2015 Magento. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+-->
+<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../Customer/etc/sections.xsd">
+    <action name="paypal/express/placeOrder">
+        <section name="cart"/>
+    </action>
+</config>