diff --git a/src/canvas.class.js b/src/canvas.class.js
index 32cfdd6b..94322af8 100644
--- a/src/canvas.class.js
+++ b/src/canvas.class.js
@@ -808,9 +808,9 @@
       var target,
           pointer = this.getPointer(e, true),
           i = this._objects.length;
-
+     // Do not check for currently grouped objects, since we check the parent group itself.
       while (i--) {
-        if (this._checkTarget(e, this._objects[i], pointer)){
+        if (!this._objects[i].group && this._checkTarget(e, this._objects[i], pointer)){
           this.relatedTarget = this._objects[i];
           target = this._objects[i];
           break;