System Information
Operating system: Linux-5.4.0-29-generic-x86_64-with-debian-bullseye-sid 64 Bits
Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (NAVI10, DRM 3.35.0, 5.4.0-29-generic, LLVM 9.0.1) X.Org 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.0.4

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.90 (sub 0), branch: master, commit date: 2020-05-07 15:33, hash: rBab122c73ba35
Worked: ?

Short description of error
Title is self explanatory

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Using the attached blend file, copy materials (Ctrl+L) from Cube to Metaball