diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/widgets/juce_TreeView.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_basics/widgets/juce_TreeView.cpp
index 097ea89615..b31bc49152 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/widgets/juce_TreeView.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/widgets/juce_TreeView.cpp
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ Viewport* TreeView::getViewport() const noexcept
 void TreeView::clearSelectedItems()
 {
     if (rootItem != nullptr)
-        rootItem->deselectAllRecursively();
+        rootItem->deselectAllRecursively (nullptr);
 }
 
 int TreeView::getNumSelectedItems (int maximumDepthToSearchTo) const noexcept
@@ -1299,12 +1299,13 @@ bool TreeViewItem::isSelected() const noexcept
     return selected;
 }
 
-void TreeViewItem::deselectAllRecursively()
+void TreeViewItem::deselectAllRecursively (TreeViewItem* itemToIgnore)
 {
-    setSelected (false, false);
+    if (this != itemToIgnore)
+        setSelected (false, false);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < subItems.size(); ++i)
-        subItems.getUnchecked(i)->deselectAllRecursively();
+        subItems.getUnchecked(i)->deselectAllRecursively (itemToIgnore);
 }
 
 void TreeViewItem::setSelected (const bool shouldBeSelected,
@@ -1315,7 +1316,7 @@ void TreeViewItem::setSelected (const bool shouldBeSelected,
         return;
 
     if (deselectOtherItemsFirst)
-        getTopLevelItem()->deselectAllRecursively();
+        getTopLevelItem()->deselectAllRecursively (this);
 
     if (shouldBeSelected != selected)
     {
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/widgets/juce_TreeView.h b/modules/juce_gui_basics/widgets/juce_TreeView.h
index ad6fd51afb..dc46c0411e 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/widgets/juce_TreeView.h
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/widgets/juce_TreeView.h
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ private:
     TreeViewItem* getDeepestOpenParentItem() noexcept;
     int getNumRows() const noexcept;
     TreeViewItem* getItemOnRow (int index) noexcept;
-    void deselectAllRecursively();
+    void deselectAllRecursively (TreeViewItem* itemToIgnore);
     int countSelectedItemsRecursively (int depth) const noexcept;
     TreeViewItem* getSelectedItemWithIndex (int index) noexcept;
     TreeViewItem* getNextVisibleItem (bool recurse) const noexcept;