From 1e5740f45bc14ebf5f18398ebfe0e195d5a4b4e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Ball <michael.h.s.ball@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 10:37:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] .

---
 hydra/_internal/instantiate/_instantiate2.py | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hydra/_internal/instantiate/_instantiate2.py b/hydra/_internal/instantiate/_instantiate2.py
index 2f09ece868b..96c535f84b1 100644
--- a/hydra/_internal/instantiate/_instantiate2.py
+++ b/hydra/_internal/instantiate/_instantiate2.py
@@ -354,18 +354,20 @@ def instantiate_node(
             ):
                 dict_items = {}
                 for key, value in node.items():
-                    # list items inherits recursive flag from the containing dict.
-                    dict_items[key] = instantiate_node(
-                        value, convert=convert, recursive=recursive
-                    )
+                    if recursive:
+                        # list items inherits recursive flag from the containing dict.
+                        dict_items[key] = instantiate_node(
+                            value, convert=convert, recursive=recursive
+                        )
                 return dict_items
             else:
                 # Otherwise use DictConfig and resolve interpolations lazily.
                 cfg = OmegaConf.create({}, flags={"allow_objects": True})
                 for key, value in node.items():
-                    cfg[key] = instantiate_node(
-                        value, convert=convert, recursive=recursive
-                    )
+                    if recursive:
+                        cfg[key] = instantiate_node(
+                            value, convert=convert, recursive=recursive
+                        )
                 cfg._set_parent(node)
                 cfg._metadata.object_type = node._metadata.object_type
                 if convert == ConvertMode.OBJECT: