diff --git a/src/Gui/GuiApplicationNativeEventAware.cpp b/src/Gui/GuiApplicationNativeEventAware.cpp
index 2ae0d3dd0..de4432392 100644
--- a/src/Gui/GuiApplicationNativeEventAware.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/GuiApplicationNativeEventAware.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ void Gui::GUIApplicationNativeEventAware::initSpaceball(QMainWindow *window)
 
 bool Gui::GUIApplicationNativeEventAware::processSpaceballEvent(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
 {
-    if (!activeWindow())
-        return true;
+    // Maybe this causes the regression reported in #0001970. So to test it it will be commented out for now
+    //if (!activeWindow())
+    //    return true;
 
     QApplication::notify(object, event);
     if (event->type() == Spaceball::MotionEvent::MotionEventType)