diff --git a/src/core/attributeformmodelbase.cpp b/src/core/attributeformmodelbase.cpp
index ecff6430e0..8ba1ebcdfa 100644
--- a/src/core/attributeformmodelbase.cpp
+++ b/src/core/attributeformmodelbase.cpp
@@ -253,10 +253,6 @@ void AttributeFormModelBase::resetModel()
 void AttributeFormModelBase::applyFeatureModel()
 {
   mExpressionContext = mFeatureModel->createExpressionContext();
-  if ( mFeatureModel->linkedParentFeature().isValid() )
-  {
-    mExpressionContext << QgsExpressionContextUtils::parentFormScope( mFeatureModel->linkedParentFeature() );
-  }
   mExpressionContext << QgsExpressionContextUtils::formScope( mFeatureModel->feature() );
 
   for ( int i = 0; i < invisibleRootItem()->rowCount(); ++i )
diff --git a/src/core/featuremodel.cpp b/src/core/featuremodel.cpp
index c3e9189313..eb91944c37 100644
--- a/src/core/featuremodel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/featuremodel.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <QJSValue>
 #include <QMutex>
 #include <qgscurvepolygon.h>
+#include <qgsexpressioncontextutils.h>
 #include <qgsgeometrycollection.h>
 #include <qgsgeometryoptions.h>
 #include <qgsmessagelog.h>
@@ -470,6 +471,11 @@ QgsExpressionContext FeatureModel::createExpressionContext() const
   }
   expressionContext << ExpressionContextUtils::cloudUserScope( mCloudUserInformation );
 
+  if ( mLinkedParentFeature.isValid() )
+  {
+    expressionContext << QgsExpressionContextUtils::parentFormScope( mLinkedParentFeature );
+  }
+
   return expressionContext;
 }