diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs
index 31413ffe..bf38e445 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs
@@ -246,8 +246,9 @@ fn candidates(s: &Session, f: impl Fn(&Node) -> bool) -> Result<Vec<NodeId>> {
 
 fn finish_same(s: &mut Session, cmd: &str, ids: Vec<NodeId>) -> Result<Value> {
     let n = ids.len();
+    let from = s.doc()?.selection.objects.clone();
     s.select(|_, sel| sel.set(ids))?;
-    s.doc_mut()?.last_selection_cmd = Some((cmd.to_string(), json!({})));
+    s.doc_mut()?.last_selection_cmd = Some((cmd.to_string(), json!({}), from));
     Ok(json!({ "count": n }))
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/select.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/select.rs
index 0dbda515..8e018e79 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/select.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/select.rs
@@ -216,8 +216,20 @@ fn none(s: &mut Session, _: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
 }
 
 fn reselect(s: &mut Session, _: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
-    let Some((c, p)) = s.doc()?.last_selection_cmd.clone() else { return ok() };
-    s.execute(&c, &p)
+    let st = s.doc()?;
+    let Some((c, p, from)) = st.last_selection_cmd.clone() else { return ok() };
+    // After Deselect, a Same command takes its reference again from the objects that were selected
+    // when it ran, those still there (#903).
+    let from: Vec<NodeId> = from.into_iter().filter(|id| st.doc.node(*id).is_some()).collect();
+    let restore = st.selection.objects.is_empty() && !from.is_empty();
+    if restore {
+        s.select(|_, sel| sel.set(from))?;
+    }
+    let r = s.execute(&c, &p);
+    if restore && r.is_err() {
+        s.select(|_, sel| sel.clear())?;
+    }
+    r
 }
 
 fn inverse(s: &mut Session, _: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
@@ -401,8 +413,9 @@ fn select_where(s: &mut Session, cmd: &str, p: &Value, f: impl Fn(&Document, &No
     for l in st.doc.layers.iter().filter(|l| l.visible && !l.locked) {
         visit(&st.doc, l, &f, &mut ids);
     }
+    let from = st.selection.objects.clone();
     s.select(|_, sel| sel.set(ids.iter().copied()))?;
-    s.doc_mut()?.last_selection_cmd = Some((cmd.to_string(), p.clone()));
+    s.doc_mut()?.last_selection_cmd = Some((cmd.to_string(), p.clone(), from));
     Ok(json!({ "count": ids.len() }))
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index 6921d818..487b26f6 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ pub struct DocState {
     pub undo_group: Option<UndoGroup>,
     /// For Object → Transform → Transform Again (⌘D).
     pub last_transform: Option<(Affine, bool)>,
-    /// Selection saved by Select → Reselect.
-    pub last_selection_cmd: Option<(String, Value)>,
+    /// What Select → Reselect repeats: the last selection command, its params and the objects
+    /// selected when it ran (a Same command's reference objects).
+    pub last_selection_cmd: Option<(String, Value, Vec<NodeId>)>,
     /// Process-unique id of this open document (tab indices shift when tabs close).
     pub uid: u64,
     /// View Opacity Mask (Alt-click the mask thumbnail): the masked object whose mask the canvas
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
index ffb7e829..ad04e948 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -149,6 +149,18 @@ fn select_same_fill() {
     let r = s.execute("select.same.fillColor", &json!({})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(r["count"], 2);
     assert!(!s.doc().unwrap().selection.contains(a));
+    // Reselect after Deselect repeats it from the same reference object (#903).
+    let blue = s.doc().unwrap().selection.objects.clone();
+    s.execute("select.none", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("select.reselect", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().selection.objects, blue);
+    // With its reference object gone, it fails as Select Same does, and selects nothing.
+    s.execute("select.none", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    for id in &blue {
+        s.execute("edit.clear", &json!({"ids": [id.0]})).unwrap();
+    }
+    assert!(s.execute("select.reselect", &json!({})).is_err());
+    assert!(s.doc().unwrap().selection.objects.is_empty());
 }
 
 #[test]