diff --git a/source/blender/editors/transform/transform_conversions.c b/source/blender/editors/transform/transform_conversions.c
index b67e4954064..0c6377fea0a 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/transform/transform_conversions.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/transform/transform_conversions.c
@@ -5801,7 +5801,10 @@ static void ObjectToTransData(TransInfo *t, TransData *td, Object *ob)
 	/* Copy newly evaluated fields to the original object, similar to how
 	 * active dependency graph will do it. */
 	copy_m4_m4(ob->obmat, object_eval->obmat);
-	ob->transflag = object_eval->transflag;
+	/* Hack over hack, looks like in some cases eval object has not yet been fully flushed or so?
+	 * In some cases, macro operators starting transform just after creating a new object (OBJECT_OT_duplicate),
+	 * if dupli flags are not protected, they can be erased here (see T61787). */
+	ob->transflag = (object_eval->transflag & ~(OB_DUPLI | OB_DUPLIFACES_SCALE | OB_DUPLIROT));
 
 	td->ob = ob;