diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c
index 0ac98256b07..43a13b27736 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ void object_rot_to_mat3(Object *ob, float mat[][3])
 		normalize_qt_qt(tquat, ob->quat);
 		quat_to_mat3(rmat, tquat);
 
-		normalize_qt_qt(tquat, ob->quat);
+		normalize_qt_qt(tquat, ob->dquat);
 		quat_to_mat3(dmat, tquat);
 	}