diff --git a/source/blender/editors/object/object_add.c b/source/blender/editors/object/object_add.c
index a3e3196bb13..033bc57f502 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/object/object_add.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/object/object_add.c
@@ -1878,6 +1878,7 @@ static void make_object_duplilist_real(
         DEG_id_tag_update(&ob->id, ID_RECALC_TRANSFORM);
       }
     }
+    base->object->instance_collection = NULL;
   }
 
   BLI_ghash_free(dupli_gh, NULL, NULL);