diff --git a/src/Gui/CommandView.cpp b/src/Gui/CommandView.cpp
index 8c9066c25f..40559b69dd 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CommandView.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/CommandView.cpp
@@ -2504,7 +2504,7 @@ static std::vector<std::string> getBoxSelection(
     const auto &subs = obj->getSubObjects(App::DocumentObject::GS_SELECT);
     if(subs.empty()) {
         if(!selectElement) {
-            if(mode==INTERSECT || bbox.Contains(bbox.GetCenter()))
+            if(mode==INTERSECT || polygon.Contains(bbox.GetCenter()))
                 ret.emplace_back("");
             return ret;
         }