diff --git a/Orange/data/table.py b/Orange/data/table.py
index 076c84cd035..c82f3e10271 100644
--- a/Orange/data/table.py
+++ b/Orange/data/table.py
@@ -835,8 +835,9 @@ def from_table(cls, domain, source, row_indices=...):
                 self.W = source.W[row_indices]
                 self.name = getattr(source, 'name', '')
                 self.ids = source.ids[row_indices]
+                self.attributes = getattr(source, 'attributes', {})
                 if new_cache:  # only deepcopy attributes for the outermost transformation
-                    self.attributes = deepcopy(getattr(source, 'attributes', {}))
+                    self.attributes = deepcopy(self.attributes)
                 _idcache_save(_thread_local.conversion_cache, (domain, source), self)
             return self
         finally:
@@ -895,8 +896,9 @@ def from_table_rows(cls, source, row_indices):
             self.W = source.W[row_indices]
             self.name = getattr(source, 'name', '')
             self.ids = source.ids[row_indices]
+            self.attributes = getattr(source, 'attributes', {})
             if is_outermost_transformation:
-                self.attributes = deepcopy(getattr(source, 'attributes', {}))
+                self.attributes = deepcopy(self.attributes)
         return self
 
     @classmethod