diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/items.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/items.js
index 9344de6ef9..6be2665fb9 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/items.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/items.js
@@ -1747,22 +1747,29 @@ Zotero.Items = function() {
 	
 	
 	/**
-	 * Returns an array of items with children of selected parents removed
+	 * Return an array of items with descendants of selected top-level items removed
 	 *
+	 * Non-top-level items that aren't descendents of selected items are kept.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Zotero.Item[]}
 	 * @return {Zotero.Item[]}
 	 */
-	this.keepParents = function (items) {
-		var parentItems = new Set(
-			items
-				.filter(item => item.isTopLevelItem())
-				.map(item => item.id)
+	this.keepTopLevel = function (items) {
+		var topLevelItems = new Set(
+			items.filter(item => item.isTopLevelItem())
 		);
-		return items.filter(item => {
-			var parentItemID = item.parentItemID;
+		return items.filter((item) => {
+			var topLevelItem = !item.isTopLevelItem() && item.topLevelItem;
 			// Not a child item or not a child of one of the passed items
-			return !parentItemID || !parentItems.has(parentItemID);
+			return !topLevelItem || !topLevelItems.has(topLevelItem);
 		});
-	}
+	};
+	
+	
+	this.keepParents = function (items) {
+		Zotero.debug("Zotero.Items.keepParents() is deprecated -- use Zotero.Items.keepTopLevel() instead");
+		return this.keepTopLevel(items);
+	};
 	
 	
 	/*
diff --git a/test/tests/itemsTest.js b/test/tests/itemsTest.js
index 0b3ad4c251..4d3bd758a2 100644
--- a/test/tests/itemsTest.js
+++ b/test/tests/itemsTest.js
@@ -1234,6 +1234,17 @@ describe("Zotero.Items", function () {
 				[item1, item4, item6].map(item => item.id)
 			);
 		});
+		
+		it("shouldn't return parent item more than once when two child items are selected", async function () {
+			var item1 = await createDataObject('item');
+			var item2 = await createDataObject('item', { itemType: 'note', parentItemID: item1.id });
+			var item3 = await createDataObject('item', { itemType: 'note', parentItemID: item1.id });
+			var items = Zotero.Items.keepParents([item2, item3]);
+			assert.sameMembers(
+				items.map(item => item.id),
+				[item2.id, item3.id]
+			)
+		});
 	});
 	
 	describe("#_loadChildItems()", function () {