diff --git a/src/App/GeoFeature.cpp b/src/App/GeoFeature.cpp
index 2a09632199..2ec1640ee6 100644
--- a/src/App/GeoFeature.cpp
+++ b/src/App/GeoFeature.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ DocumentObject *GeoFeature::resolveElement(DocumentObject *obj, const char *subn
     }
     if(geoFeature)
         *geoFeature = geo;
-    if(!obj || (filter && obj!=filter))
+    if(!obj || (filter && geo!=filter))
         return nullptr;
     if(!element || !element[0]) {
         if(append)