diff --git a/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c b/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c
index 1a481e937b..7fb1eb054a 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c
@@ -279,11 +279,6 @@ gimp_drawable_filter_new (GimpDrawable *drawable,
   GeglNode           *node;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable), NULL);
-  /* When copying a layer group whose children have layer effects,
-   * the child may be attached to the layer group but not the
-   * image itself at that point. */
-  g_return_val_if_fail (gimp_item_is_attached (GIMP_ITEM (drawable)) ||
-                        gimp_viewable_get_parent (GIMP_VIEWABLE (drawable)), NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (GEGL_IS_NODE (operation), NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (gegl_node_has_pad (operation, "output"), NULL);
 
@@ -780,8 +775,6 @@ gimp_drawable_filter_apply (GimpDrawableFilter  *filter,
                             const GeglRectangle *area)
 {
   g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_DRAWABLE_FILTER (filter));
-  g_return_if_fail (gimp_item_is_attached (GIMP_ITEM (filter->drawable)) ||
-                    gimp_viewable_get_parent (GIMP_VIEWABLE (filter->drawable)));
 
   gimp_drawable_filter_add_filter (filter);
 
@@ -804,9 +797,6 @@ gimp_drawable_filter_commit (GimpDrawableFilter *filter,
   gboolean success = TRUE;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_DRAWABLE_FILTER (filter), FALSE);
-  g_return_val_if_fail (gimp_item_is_attached (GIMP_ITEM (filter->drawable)) ||
-                        gimp_viewable_get_parent (GIMP_VIEWABLE (filter->drawable)),
-                        FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (progress == NULL || GIMP_IS_PROGRESS (progress), FALSE);
 
   if (gimp_drawable_filter_is_added (filter))
diff --git a/app/core/gimpitem.c b/app/core/gimpitem.c
index 63db87c8ab..9ef8ec0853 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpitem.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpitem.c
@@ -2716,9 +2716,6 @@ gimp_item_mask_intersect (GimpItem *item,
   gboolean     retval;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_ITEM (item), FALSE);
-  g_return_val_if_fail (gimp_item_is_attached (item) ||
-                        gimp_viewable_get_parent (GIMP_VIEWABLE (item)),
-                        FALSE);
 
   image     = gimp_item_get_image (item);
   selection = gimp_image_get_mask (image);
diff --git a/app/file/file-open.c b/app/file/file-open.c
index 3fd70b348b..2f6b62c1f6 100644
--- a/app/file/file-open.c
+++ b/app/file/file-open.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include "core/gimp.h"
 #include "core/gimpcontext.h"
 #include "core/gimpdocumentlist.h"
+#include "core/gimpdrawable-filters.h"
+#include "core/gimpdrawablefilter.h"
 #include "core/gimpimage.h"
 #include "core/gimpimage-merge.h"
 #include "core/gimpimage-undo.h"
@@ -781,6 +783,39 @@ file_open_convert_items (GimpImage   *dest_image,
 
       item = gimp_item_convert (src, dest_image, G_TYPE_FROM_INSTANCE (src));
 
+      /* Import any attached layer effects */
+      if (GIMP_IS_DRAWABLE (item) &&
+          gimp_drawable_has_filters (GIMP_DRAWABLE (src)))
+        {
+          GList         *filter_list;
+          GimpContainer *filters;
+
+          filters = gimp_drawable_get_filters (GIMP_DRAWABLE (src));
+
+          for (filter_list = GIMP_LIST (filters)->queue->tail; filter_list;
+               filter_list = g_list_previous (filter_list))
+            {
+              if (GIMP_IS_DRAWABLE_FILTER (filter_list->data))
+                {
+                  GimpDrawableFilter *old_filter = filter_list->data;
+                  GimpDrawableFilter *filter;
+
+                  filter =
+                    gimp_drawable_filter_duplicate (GIMP_DRAWABLE (item),
+                                                    old_filter);
+
+                  if (filter != NULL)
+                    {
+                      gimp_drawable_filter_apply (filter, NULL);
+                      gimp_drawable_filter_commit (filter, TRUE, NULL, FALSE);
+
+                      gimp_drawable_filter_layer_mask_freeze (filter);
+                      g_object_unref (filter);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
       if (g_list_length (items) == 1)
         {
           gimp_object_set_name (GIMP_OBJECT (item), basename);