diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Exporter.cpp b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Exporter.cpp
index f59c6395c8..c90271c1db 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Exporter.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Exporter.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int Exporter::addObject(App::DocumentObject* obj, float tol)
     for (std::string& sub : expandSubObjectNames(obj, subObjectNameCache, 0)) {
         Base::Matrix4D matrix;
         auto sobj = obj->getSubObject(sub.c_str(), nullptr, &matrix);
-        auto linked = sobj->getLinkedObject(true, &matrix, false);
+        auto linked = sobj->getLinkedObject(true, &matrix, true);
         auto it = meshCache.find(linked);
         if (it == meshCache.end()) {
             if (linked->isDerivedFrom(Mesh::Feature::getClassTypeId())) {
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ int Exporter::addObject(App::DocumentObject* obj, float tol)
                 }
                 Py_DECREF(pyobj);
             }
-        }
+        } else if ( it->second.getTransform() != matrix )
+            it->second.setTransform(matrix);
 
         // Add a new mesh
         if (it != meshCache.end()) {