diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
index 9027c7fd..bd591a51 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
@@ -2058,27 +2058,27 @@ QPDF::reserveObjects(QPDFObjectHandle foreign, ObjCopier& obj_copier, bool top)
 
     if (foreign.isIndirect()) {
         QPDFObjGen foreign_og(foreign.getObjGen());
+        if (!obj_copier.visiting.add(foreign_og)) {
+            QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF loop reserving objects");
+            return;
+        }
         if (obj_copier.object_map.count(foreign_og) > 0) {
             QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF already reserved object");
-            if (obj_copier.visiting.count(foreign_og)) {
-                QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF loop reserving objects");
+            if (!(top && foreign.isPageObject() && obj_copier.object_map[foreign_og].isNull())) {
+                obj_copier.visiting.erase(foreign);
+                return;
             }
-            return;
-        }
-        if (!obj_copier.visiting.add(foreign_og)) {
-            return;
-        }
-        QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF copy indirect");
-        if (obj_copier.object_map.count(foreign_og) == 0) {
+        } else {
+            QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF copy indirect");
             obj_copier.object_map[foreign_og] =
                 foreign.isStream() ? newStream() : newIndirectNull();
             if ((!top) && foreign.isPageObject()) {
                 QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF not crossing page boundary");
-                obj_copier.visiting.erase(foreign);
+                obj_copier.visiting.erase(foreign_og);
                 return;
             }
-            obj_copier.to_copy.push_back(foreign);
         }
+        obj_copier.to_copy.push_back(foreign);
     }
 
     if (foreign_tc == ::ot_array) {
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/copy-annotations.test b/qpdf/qtest/copy-annotations.test
index d7c22438..6279ca5a 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/copy-annotations.test
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/copy-annotations.test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cleanup();
 
 my $td = new TestDriver('copy-annotations');
 
-my $n_tests = 43;
+my $n_tests = 45;
 
 $td->runtest("complex copy annotations",
              {$td->COMMAND =>
@@ -206,5 +206,14 @@ $td->runtest("check output",
              {$td->FILE => "split-out-1.pdf"},
              {$td->FILE => "direct-dr-out.pdf"});
 
+$td->runtest("Foreign link annotations",
+             {$td->COMMAND =>
+                  "qpdf --empty  --pages  link-annots.pdf -- --qdf --static-id --no-original-object-ids a.pdf"},
+             {$td->STRING => "", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0},
+             $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
+$td->runtest("check output",
+             {$td->FILE => "link-annots.pdf"},
+             {$td->FILE => "a.pdf"});
+
 cleanup();
 $td->report($n_tests);
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/link-annots.pdf b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/link-annots.pdf
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/link-annots.pdf
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