diff --git a/source/blender/editors/object/object_bake_api.c b/source/blender/editors/object/object_bake_api.c
index 6164958bf2c..bed0be67494 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/object/object_bake_api.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/object/object_bake_api.c
@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@ static int bake(Render *re,
   Object *ob_cage = NULL;
   Object *ob_cage_eval = NULL;
   Object *ob_low_eval = NULL;
+  Object *ob_cage_internal = NULL;
 
   BakeHighPolyData *highpoly = NULL;
   int tot_highpoly = 0;
@@ -927,7 +928,8 @@ static int bake(Render *re,
       }
     }
     else if (is_cage) {
-      BKE_object_eval_reset(ob_low_eval);
+      ob_cage_internal = BKE_object_copy(bmain, ob_low_eval);
+      ob_cage_internal->runtime.object_as_temp_mesh = NULL;
 
       ModifierData *md = ob_low_eval->modifiers.first;
       while (md) {
@@ -940,13 +942,13 @@ static int bake(Render *re,
          * the eventual edge split.*/
 
         if (md->type == eModifierType_EdgeSplit) {
-          BLI_remlink(&ob_low_eval->modifiers, md);
+          BLI_remlink(&ob_cage_internal->modifiers, md);
           modifier_free(md);
         }
         md = md_next;
       }
 
-      me_cage = BKE_object_to_mesh(NULL, ob_low_eval, false);
+      me_cage = BKE_object_to_mesh(NULL, ob_cage_internal, false);
       RE_bake_pixels_populate(me_cage, pixel_array_low, num_pixels, &bake_images, uv_layer);
     }
 
@@ -1260,6 +1262,10 @@ cleanup:
     BKE_object_to_mesh_clear(ob_cage_eval);
   }
 
+  if (ob_cage_internal) {
+    BKE_object_free(ob_cage_internal);
+  }
+
   DEG_graph_free(depsgraph);
 
   return op_result;