diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index 8452b0c3..4b38c8d5 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Changes:
 
 Fixes:
 - gui: Fix saving of the debugmemory option.
+- checking: Do not use <object codebase="..."> attribute as parent URL.
 
 
 7.9 "The Dark Knight" (released 10.6.2012)
diff --git a/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py b/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py
index f76f0e21..b956db17 100644
--- a/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py
+++ b/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class LinkFinder (TagFinder):
             name = self.get_link_name(tag, attrs, attr)
             # possible codebase
             base = u''
-            if tag in ('applet', 'object'):
+            if tag  == 'applet':
                 base = unquote(attrs.get_true('codebase', u''))
             if not base:
                 base = self.base_ref