diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.cpp
index bb1b0667c4..5aa2395506 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderLink.cpp
@@ -2250,7 +2250,7 @@ bool ViewProviderLink::getElementPicked(const SoPickedPoint *pp, std::string &su
     bool ret = linkView->linkGetElementPicked(pp,subname);
     if(!ret)
         return ret;
-    if(isGroup(ext)) {
+    if(isGroup(ext,true)) {
         const char *sub = 0;
         int idx = App::LinkBaseExtension::getArrayIndex(subname.c_str(),&sub);
         if(idx>=0 ) {