diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeConstraintCoinManager.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeConstraintCoinManager.cpp
index 637e07d89a..46a8df6b1e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeConstraintCoinManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeConstraintCoinManager.cpp
@@ -826,14 +826,13 @@ Restart:
                         auto geo1 = geolistfacade.getGeometryFromGeoId(Constr->First);
                         auto geo2 = geolistfacade.getGeometryFromGeoId(Constr->Second);
                         if (isLineSegment(*geo2)) {
-                            // point to line distance
                             // NOLINTNEXTLINE
                             auto lineSeg = static_cast<const Part::GeomLineSegment*>(geo2);
                             Base::Vector3d l2p1 = lineSeg->getStartPoint();
                             Base::Vector3d l2p2 = lineSeg->getEndPoint();
 
-                            if (Constr->SecondPos != Sketcher::PointPos::none) {
-
+                            if (Constr->FirstPos != Sketcher::PointPos::none) {
+                                // point to line distance
                                 // calculate the projection of p1 onto line2
                                 pnt2.ProjectToLine(pnt1 - l2p1, l2p2 - l2p1);
                                 pnt2 += pnt1;