diff --git a/dbaccess/source/core/dataaccess/documentdefinition.cxx b/dbaccess/source/core/dataaccess/documentdefinition.cxx
index 8a4cff9624ae..4ed7a5130dc2 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/core/dataaccess/documentdefinition.cxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/core/dataaccess/documentdefinition.cxx
@@ -1630,6 +1630,10 @@ Sequence< PropertyValue > ODocumentDefinition::fillLoadArgs( const Reference< XC
     // tell the embedded object to have (or not have) script support
     aEmbeddedDescriptor.put( "EmbeddedScriptSupport", (sal_Bool)objectSupportsEmbeddedScripts() );
 
+    // .........................................................................
+    // tell the embedded object to not participate in the document recovery game - the DB doc will handle it
+    aEmbeddedDescriptor.put( "DocumentRecoverySupport", (sal_Bool)sal_False );
+
     // .........................................................................
     // pass the descriptor of the embedded object to the caller
     aEmbeddedDescriptor >>= _out_rEmbeddedObjectDescriptor;