diff --git a/src/xtgeo/well/_well_oper.py b/src/xtgeo/well/_well_oper.py
index 1506ef372..cae378bb5 100644
--- a/src/xtgeo/well/_well_oper.py
+++ b/src/xtgeo/well/_well_oper.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Operations along a well, private module."""
 
+from copy import deepcopy
+
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
@@ -281,25 +283,27 @@ def get_gridproperties(self, gridprops, grid=("ICELL", "JCELL", "KCELL"), prop_i
     if not isinstance(gridprops, (xtgeo.GridProperty, xtgeo.GridProperties)):
         raise ValueError('"gridprops" not a GridProperties or GridProperty instance')
 
-    wcopy = self.copy()
+    # wcopy = self.copy()
     if isinstance(gridprops, xtgeo.GridProperty):
         gprops = xtgeo.GridProperties()
         gprops.append_props([gridprops])
     else:
         gprops = gridprops
 
+    ijk_logs_created_tmp = False
     if isinstance(grid, tuple):
         icl, jcl, kcl = grid
     elif isinstance(grid, xtgeo.Grid):
-        wcopy.make_ijk_from_grid(grid, grid_id="_tmp", algorithm=2)
+        self.make_ijk_from_grid(grid, grid_id="_tmp", algorithm=2)
         icl, jcl, kcl = ("ICELL_tmp", "JCELL_tmp", "KCELL_tmp")
+        ijk_logs_created_tmp = True
     else:
         raise ValueError("The 'grid' is of wrong type, must be a tuple or a Grid")
 
     # let grid values have base 1 when looking up cells for gridprops
-    iind = wcopy.dataframe[icl].values - 1
-    jind = wcopy.dataframe[jcl].values - 1
-    kind = wcopy.dataframe[kcl].values - 1
+    iind = self.dataframe[icl].to_numpy(copy=True) - 1
+    jind = self.dataframe[jcl].to_numpy(copy=True) - 1
+    kind = self.dataframe[kcl].to_numpy(copy=True) - 1
 
     xind = iind.copy()
 
@@ -310,7 +314,7 @@ def get_gridproperties(self, gridprops, grid=("ICELL", "JCELL", "KCELL"), prop_i
     iind = iind.astype("int")
     jind = jind.astype("int")
     kind = kind.astype("int")
-    dfr = wcopy.dataframe.copy()
+    dfr = self.dataframe.copy()
 
     pnames = {}
     for prop in gprops.props:
@@ -319,20 +323,20 @@ def get_gridproperties(self, gridprops, grid=("ICELL", "JCELL", "KCELL"), prop_i
         arr[np.isnan(xind)] = np.nan
         pname = prop.name + prop_id
         dfr[pname] = arr
-        pnames[pname] = (prop.isdiscrete, prop.codes)
+        pnames[pname] = (prop.isdiscrete, deepcopy(prop.codes))
 
-    wcopy.set_dataframe(dfr)
+    self.set_dataframe(dfr)
     for pname, isdiscrete_codes in pnames.items():
         isdiscrete, codes = isdiscrete_codes
         if isdiscrete:
-            wcopy.set_logtype(pname, _AttrType.DISC.value)
-            wcopy.set_logrecord(pname, codes)
+            self.set_logtype(pname, _AttrType.DISC.value)
+            self.set_logrecord(pname, codes)
         else:
-            wcopy.set_logtype(pname, _AttrType.CONT.value)
-            wcopy.set_logrecord(pname, ("", ""))
+            self.set_logtype(pname, _AttrType.CONT.value)
+            self.set_logrecord(pname, ("", ""))
 
-    wcopy.delete_logs(["ICELL_tmp", "JCELL_tmp", "KCELL_tmp"])
-    self.set_dataframe(wcopy.dataframe)
+    if ijk_logs_created_tmp:
+        self.delete_logs(["ICELL_tmp", "JCELL_tmp", "KCELL_tmp"])
 
 
 def report_zonation_holes(self, threshold=5):
diff --git a/src/xtgeo/xyz/_xyz_data.py b/src/xtgeo/xyz/_xyz_data.py
index 9d63d5b0a..9121b6247 100644
--- a/src/xtgeo/xyz/_xyz_data.py
+++ b/src/xtgeo/xyz/_xyz_data.py
@@ -319,14 +319,13 @@ def ensure_consistency(self) -> bool:
         occured, hence no consistency checks are done
         """
 
-        # the purpose of this hash check is to avoid psending time on consistency
+        # the purpose of this hash check is to avoid spending time on consistency
         # checks if no changes
         hash_proposed = (
             jhash(self._df),
             jhash(self._attr_types),
             jhash(self._attr_records),
         )
-
         if self._hash == hash_proposed:
             return False
 
diff --git a/tests/test_well/test_well_vs_grid.py b/tests/test_well/test_well_vs_grid.py
index 6496d6c2e..38e1b5f8a 100644
--- a/tests/test_well/test_well_vs_grid.py
+++ b/tests/test_well/test_well_vs_grid.py
@@ -85,3 +85,22 @@ def test_well_get_gridprops(tmpdir, loadwell1, loadgrid1, loadporo1):
     assert mywell.dataframe.iloc[4775]["PORO_model"] == pytest.approx(0.2741, abs=0.001)
     assert mywell.dataframe.iloc[4775]["ACTNUM_model"] == 1
     assert mywell.isdiscrete("ACTNUM_model") is True
+
+
+def test_well_gridprops_zone(loadwell1):
+    """Test getting logrecords from discrete gridzones"""
+    grid = xtgeo.grid_from_file("../xtgeo-testdata/3dgrids/reek/reek_sim_grid.roff")
+    gridzones = xtgeo.gridproperty_from_file(
+        "../xtgeo-testdata/3dgrids/reek/reek_sim_zone.roff", grid=grid
+    )
+    gridzones.name = "Zone"
+
+    well = loadwell1
+    well.get_gridproperties(gridzones, grid)
+    well.zonelogname = "Zone_model"
+
+    assert well.get_logrecord(well.zonelogname) == {
+        1: "Below_Top_reek",
+        2: "Below_Mid_reek",
+        3: "Below_Low_reek",
+    }