diff --git a/src/gui/tracks/TrackContentWidget.cpp b/src/gui/tracks/TrackContentWidget.cpp
index 74ab016ea38..26107c1ae3d 100644
--- a/src/gui/tracks/TrackContentWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/tracks/TrackContentWidget.cpp
@@ -325,8 +325,7 @@ bool TrackContentWidget::canPasteSelection( TimePos clipPos, const QMimeData* md
 	QString value = decodeValue( md );
 
 	// We can only paste into tracks of the same type
-	if( type != ( "clip_" + QString::number( t->type() ) ) ||
-		m_trackView->trackContainerView()->fixedClips() == true )
+	if (type != ("clip_" + QString::number(t->type())))
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -360,6 +359,14 @@ bool TrackContentWidget::canPasteSelection( TimePos clipPos, const QMimeData* md
 	QDomElement clipParent = dataFile.content().firstChildElement("clips");
 	QDomNodeList clipNodes = clipParent.childNodes();
 
+	// If we are pasting into the PatternEditor, only a single Clip is allowed to be pasted
+	// so we don't have the unexpected behavior of pasting on different PatternTracks
+	if (m_trackView->trackContainerView()->fixedClips() == true &&
+			clipNodes.length() > 1)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	// Determine if all the Clips will land on a valid track
 	for( int i = 0; i < clipNodes.length(); i++ )
 	{