diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
index f96ac8c28a..d1542de411 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
@@ -840,11 +840,10 @@ void View3DInventorViewer::onSelectionChanged(const SelectionChanges & reason)
     }
 
     if(Reason.Type == SelectionChanges::RmvPreselect ||
-       Reason.Type == SelectionChanges::RmvPreselectSignal)
+       Reason.Type == SelectionChanges::RmvPreselectSignal ||
+       Reason.Type == SelectionChanges::SetPreselect)
     {
-        //Hint: do not create a tmp. instance of SelectionChanges
-        SelectionChanges selChanges(SelectionChanges::RmvPreselect);
-        SoFCPreselectionAction preselectionAction(selChanges);
+        SoFCPreselectionAction preselectionAction(Reason);
         preselectionAction.apply(pcViewProviderRoot);
     } else {
         SoFCSelectionAction selectionAction(Reason);