diff --git a/src/gmt_common.h b/src/gmt_common.h
index aaff34e88cf..49c16d2340e 100644
--- a/src/gmt_common.h
+++ b/src/gmt_common.h
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ struct GMT_COMMON {
 		char string[2][GMT_LEN64];
 		unsigned int col;	/* When +c<col> sets a specific data column */
 		unsigned int mode;	/* 1 for in row-range check, 2 for in time check, 3 for out-row check, 4 for out-time check */
-		uint64_t *rec;		/* POinter to the relevant record counter (dataset, table, segment) */
+		uint64_t *rec;		/* Pointer to the relevant record counter (dataset, table, segment) */
 	} q;
 	struct s {	/* -s[r] */
 		bool active;
diff --git a/src/psevents.c b/src/psevents.c
index 346f31856ce..27b3add1cfd 100644
--- a/src/psevents.c
+++ b/src/psevents.c
@@ -912,6 +912,10 @@ EXTERN_MSC int GMT_psevents (void *V_API, int mode, void *args) {
 
 	bool do_coda, finite_duration, has_text, out_segment = false, have_previous_point = false;
 
+	/* Save state for -q option to prevent double filtering in internal calls. Fixes #8460. */
+	bool q_active_in_save, q_active_out_save = false;
+	unsigned int q_mode_save = 0; 
+
 	int error;
 
 	enum gmt_col_enum time_type, end_type;
@@ -1390,6 +1394,14 @@ Do_txt:			if (Ctrl->E.active[PSEVENTS_TEXT] && has_text) {	/* Also plot trailing
 		if (fp_symbols) fclose (fp_symbols);	/* Close the file so symbol output is flushed */
 		if (fp_labels)  fclose (fp_labels);		/* Close the file so label output is flushed */
 		gmt_disable_bghio_opts (GMT);	/* Do not want any -b -g -h -i -o to affect the reading from temp files in psxy or pstext below */
+		/* Save current -q state and disable it temporarily. This prevents the internal psxy/pstext calls
+		 * from applying the -q filter a second time to the already filtered temporary files (Fixes #8460). */		
+		q_mode_save = GMT->common.q.mode;
+		q_active_in_save = GMT->common.q.active[GMT_IN];
+		q_active_out_save = GMT->common.q.active[GMT_OUT];
+		GMT->common.q.mode = 0;               /* Disable row/time range checks */
+		GMT->common.q.active[GMT_IN] = false; /* Disable input filtering */
+		GMT->common.q.active[GMT_OUT] = false;/* Disable output filtering */
 	}
 
 	if (gmt_map_setup (GMT, GMT->common.R.wesn)) {	/* Set up map projection */
@@ -1466,8 +1478,13 @@ Do_txt:			if (Ctrl->E.active[PSEVENTS_TEXT] && has_text) {	/* Also plot trailing
 			Return (GMT_RUNTIME_ERROR);
 		}
 	}
-	if (fp_symbols || fp_labels)	/* Recover settings provided by user (if -b -g -h -i were used at all) */
+	if (fp_symbols || fp_labels) {	/* Recover settings provided by user (if -b -g -h -i were used at all) */
 		gmt_reenable_bghio_opts (GMT);
+		/* Restore original -q state before re-enabling other I/O options (Fixes #8460). */
+		GMT->common.q.mode = q_mode_save;
+		GMT->common.q.active[GMT_IN] = q_active_in_save;
+		GMT->common.q.active[GMT_OUT] = q_active_out_save;
+	}
 
 	/* Finalize plot and we are done */