diff --git a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_main.c b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_main.c
index f1ba18fa10..ee215bc7a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_main.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_main.c
@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ evas_object_del(Evas_Object *eo_obj)
 
    obj->eo_del_called = EINA_TRUE;
 
+   /* This makes sure that only hot-events will be called. This is here for
+    * compatibility with old behaviour of callback calling. */
+   eo_do(eo_obj, eo_event_freeze());
    eo_parent_set(eo_obj, NULL);
 //   eo_del(eo_obj);
 }