diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/library_query.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/library_query.c
index d8825303219..d54f382f4c0 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/library_query.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/library_query.c
@@ -224,9 +224,8 @@ void BKE_library_foreach_ID_link(ID *id, LibraryIDLinkCallback callback, void *u
 			CALLBACK_INVOKE(scene->set, IDWALK_NOP);
 			CALLBACK_INVOKE(scene->clip, IDWALK_NOP);
 			CALLBACK_INVOKE(scene->nodetree, IDWALK_NOP);
-			if (scene->basact) {
-				CALLBACK_INVOKE(scene->basact->object, IDWALK_NOP);
-			}
+			/* DO NOT handle scene->basact here, it’s doubling with the loop over whole scene->base later,
+			 * since basact is just a pointer to one of those items. */
 			CALLBACK_INVOKE(scene->obedit, IDWALK_NOP);
 
 			for (srl = scene->r.layers.first; srl; srl = srl->next) {