diff --git a/field_collection.entity.inc b/field_collection.entity.inc
index 9369bc4..7969841 100644
--- a/field_collection.entity.inc
+++ b/field_collection.entity.inc
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class FieldCollectionItemEntity extends Entity {
     }
     list($recieved_id) = entity_extract_ids($this->hostEntityType, $entity);
 
-    if ($this->isInUse()) {
+    if ($this->isInUse() && !empty($this->hostEntityId)) {
       $current_id = $this->hostEntityId;
     }
     else {
diff --git a/field_collection.module b/field_collection.module
index 8c98599..8bfd5c3 100644
--- a/field_collection.module
+++ b/field_collection.module
@@ -1431,6 +1431,12 @@ function field_collection_remove_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  */
 function field_collection_field_get_entity(&$item, $field_name = NULL) {
   if (isset($item['entity'])) {
+    if (count($item) > 1) {
+      // If $item contains more thing than 'entity', then it is sent from VBO.
+      // We clone the object to avoid that the same field collection item of the
+      // faked object is attached to multiple host objects.
+      return clone($item['entity']);
+    }
     return $item['entity'];
   }
   elseif (isset($item['value'])) {