diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail/masks.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail/masks.rs
index c67823db0..1c649c7c5 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail/masks.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail/masks.rs
@@ -467,9 +467,16 @@ fn other_pin_at(grips: &[(u32, usize, u8, Pos2)], active: Option<u32>, q: Pos2)
         .map(|g| g.0)
 }
 
+/// Whether `q` is on one of the `active` mask's own pins (within the same 10 px).
+fn own_pin_at(grips: &[(u32, usize, u8, Pos2)], active: Option<u32>, q: Pos2) -> bool {
+    active.is_some_and(|a| grips.iter().any(|g| g.0 == a && g.2 == 0 && g.3.distance(q) < 10.0))
+}
+
 /// Object tool: a click includes what's under it, ⌥-click leaves it out. A click on another
 /// mask's pin selects that mask instead of adding a click to the selected one (issue #3049);
-/// the tool then stays on only if the newly selected mask has an Object selection to refine.
+/// the tool then stays on only if the newly selected mask has an Object selection to refine. A
+/// click on the selected mask's own pin does nothing: its first click is already there, and a
+/// near-copy of it would use up one of the mask's limited Object clicks.
 fn object_tool(
     app: &mut LightcraftApp,
     ui: &mut egui::Ui,
@@ -493,6 +500,9 @@ fn object_tool(
             }
             return;
         }
+        if own_pin_at(grips, app.session.active_mask, q) {
+            return;
+        }
         let n = map.norm(q);
         let exclude = ui.input(|i| i.modifiers.alt);
         match app.run_typed("mask.objectPoint", json!({"x": n.x, "y": n.y, "exclude": exclude})) {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/masking.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/masking.rs
index 4e7358d3f..027d89a33 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/masking.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/masking.rs
@@ -449,6 +449,36 @@ fn the_object_tool_selects_the_mask_whose_pin_is_clicked() {
     assert_eq!(h.app.ui.dialog, None);
 }
 
+/// Issue #3049: with the Object tool on, a click on the selected Object mask's own pin adds no
+/// near-copy of its first click (which would use up one of its limited Object clicks): its
+/// clicks stay as they were, it stays selected and no error is shown.
+#[test]
+fn the_object_tool_adds_no_click_on_the_selected_masks_own_pin() {
+    use lightcraft_geom::Point;
+    let mut h = detail("panel.masking");
+    // no SAM 3 model here: a stray Object click would offer the download or show an error
+    let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lc-ui-own-pin-object-{}", std::process::id()));
+    h.app.session.segmenter.dir = Some(dir.clone());
+    h.app.session.segmenter.mirrors_file = Some(dir.join("none.txt"));
+    exec(&mut h, "mask.add", json!({"kind": "radial", "center": [0.5, 0.5], "rx": 0.1, "ry": 0.1}));
+    let object = MaskShape::Object { hint: vec![Point::new(0.6, 0.5)], exclude: vec![], seg: None, detail: vec![], edge: 0.0 };
+    exec(&mut h, "mask.update", json!({"id": 1, "shape": object}));
+    assert_eq!(h.app.session.active_mask, Some(1));
+    exec(&mut h, "view.toolOverlay", json!({"mode": "always"}));
+    h.app.ui.tool = "object".into();
+    h.settle(SETTLE);
+    let toast = h.app.ui.toast.as_ref().map(|t| t.0.clone());
+    let before = develop(&h).masks;
+    // a little off the pin's centre, as a hand clicks it
+    pointer(&mut h, json!([{"kind": "down", "x": 0.601, "y": 0.501}, {"kind": "up", "x": 0.601, "y": 0.501}]));
+    h.settle(SETTLE);
+    assert_eq!(develop(&h).masks, before, "no Object click was added");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.session.active_mask, Some(1), "the mask stays selected");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.dialog, None, "no Object click was tried");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.toast.as_ref().map(|t| t.0.clone()).filter(|t| Some(t) != toast.as_ref()), None, "no error");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.tool, "object", "the tool stays on");
+}
+
 /// #2210: Ctrl+Shift+O (the all-masks overlay) draws the white outline of every visible
 /// Radial/Linear mask, not just the selected one — but only the selected mask registers
 /// `maskHandle:` elements, so nothing else becomes draggable.
diff --git a/docs/whats-new.md b/docs/whats-new.md
index 525115bf5..7fff88ea1 100644
--- a/docs/whats-new.md
+++ b/docs/whats-new.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
   the middle of what its description found. Before, these masks had no pin on the photo, so they couldn't be picked
   there. Clicking a pin selects its mask; dragging it changes nothing, as these masks follow what they selected.
   With the Object tool on, a click on another mask's pin selects that mask too, instead of adding a click to the
-  selected Object mask. Subject, Sky, Background and the range masks still have no pin.
+  selected Object mask, and a click on the selected mask's own pin adds nothing. Subject, Sky, Background and the
+  range masks still have no pin.
 
 ## 2026-10-24