diff --git a/src/App/Link.cpp b/src/App/Link.cpp
index 82b41aa6d8..732eb95f71 100644
--- a/src/App/Link.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Link.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ int LinkBaseExtension::_getElementCountValue() const {
 }
 
 bool LinkBaseExtension::extensionHasChildElement() const {
-    if(_getElementListProperty() || _getElementCountValue())
+    if(_getElementListValue().size() 
+            || (_getElementCountValue() && _getShowElementValue()))
         return true;
     DocumentObject *linked = getTrueLinkedObject(false);
     if(linked) {