diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c
index bda258e7a0b..4d07f212c97 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ struct ParticleSystem *psys_eval_get(Depsgraph *depsgraph,
                                      ParticleSystem *psys)
 {
 	Object *object_eval = DEG_get_evaluated_object(depsgraph, object);
+	if (object_eval == object) {
+		return psys;
+	}
 	ParticleSystem *psys_eval = object_eval->particlesystem.first;
 	while (psys_eval != NULL) {
 		if (psys_eval->orig_psys == psys) {