diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_access_compare_override.cc b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_access_compare_override.cc
index d2953ef7673..4ced1c15877 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_access_compare_override.cc
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_access_compare_override.cc
@@ -823,7 +823,9 @@ bool RNA_struct_override_matches(Main *bmain,
           op ? op->operations.first : nullptr);
 
       if (op != nullptr) {
-        BKE_lib_override_library_operations_tag(op, LIBOVERRIDE_PROP_OP_TAG_UNUSED, false);
+        /* Do not use #BKE_lib_override_library_operations_tag here, in collection case some of the
+         * operations may still be unused. */
+        op->tag &= ~LIBOVERRIDE_PROP_OP_TAG_UNUSED;
       }
 
       if ((do_restore || do_tag_for_restore) &&
diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_rna.c b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_rna.c
index 983b2b2a6f2..e41c26e2fb0 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_rna.c
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_rna.c
@@ -1455,6 +1455,7 @@ static int rna_property_override_diff_propptr(Main *bmain,
                                                                       rna_itemindex_a,
                                                                       true,
                                                                       NULL);
+              opop->tag &= ~LIBOVERRIDE_PROP_OP_TAG_UNUSED;
               BLI_assert(opop != NULL);
             }