diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/array.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/array.rs
index c4948c9e0..89c6013d2 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/array.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/array.rs
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ fn copy_all(s: &mut Session, hs: &[Handle], mats: impl Iterator<Item = Mat3>) ->
     // Every copy is checked before the first is made: a refusal part way would leave the copies
     // already added in the drawing (a failed command is not rolled back).
     let mats: Vec<Mat3> = mats.collect();
-    // The objects are looked at once; then a matrix only needs its own check.
-    if super::modify::holds_ole_frame(s, hs, true)? && mats.iter().any(|m| !cadcraft_doc::ole_frame_accepts(m)) {
+    // A matrix every frame accepts needs no look at the objects; otherwise they are looked at once.
+    if mats.iter().any(|m| !cadcraft_doc::ole_frame_accepts(m)) && super::modify::holds_ole_frame(s, hs, true)? {
         return Err(super::modify::ole_refusal());
     }
     let mut n = 0;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/modify2/patharray.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/modify2/patharray.rs
index aff058ab5..dd9597177 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/modify2/patharray.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/modify2/patharray.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ pub(crate) fn arraypath(
     }
     // Every copy is checked before the first is made: a refusal part way would leave the copies
     // already added in the drawing (a failed command is not rolled back).
-    for m in &mats {
-        crate::cmd::modify::refuse_ole_frames(s, &objs, m, true)?;
+    if mats.iter().any(|m| !cadcraft_doc::ole_frame_accepts(m)) && crate::cmd::modify::holds_ole_frame(s, &objs, true)? {
+        return Err(crate::cmd::modify::ole_refusal());
     }
     let mut out = Vec::new();
     for m in &mats {