diff --git a/src/Gui/Tree.cpp b/src/Gui/Tree.cpp
index 855ce91425..3158d07c2f 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Tree.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Tree.cpp
@@ -1303,11 +1303,11 @@ void TreeWidget::addDependentToSelection(App::Document* doc, App::DocumentObject
 {
     // add the docObject to the selection
     Selection().addSelection(doc->getName(), docObject->getNameInDocument());
-    // get the dependent objects recursively
-    auto subObjectList = docObject->getOutListRecursive();
-    for (auto itDepend = subObjectList.begin(); itDepend != subObjectList.end(); ++itDepend) {
-        Selection().addSelection(doc->getName(), (*itDepend)->getNameInDocument());
-    }
+    // get the dependent
+    auto subObjectList = docObject->getOutList();
+    // the dependent can in turn have dependents, thus add them recursively
+    for (auto itDepend = subObjectList.begin(); itDepend != subObjectList.end(); ++itDepend)
+        addDependentToSelection(doc, (*itDepend));
 }
 
 // add dependents of the selected tree object to selection