diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
index 5f4c39e33f7..a4d5bed21da 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
@@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@ static int wm_save_as_mainfile_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
   Main *bmain = CTX_data_main(C);
   char path[FILE_MAX];
   const bool is_save_as = (op->type->invoke == wm_save_as_mainfile_invoke);
-  const bool use_save_as_copy = RNA_boolean_get(op->ptr, "copy");
+  const bool use_save_as_copy = is_save_as && RNA_boolean_get(op->ptr, "copy");
 
   /* We could expose all options to the users however in most cases remapping
    * existing relative paths is a good default.