diff --git a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp
index 7ebe9db4bd..1a180c6197 100644
--- a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp
@@ -1786,15 +1786,11 @@ void PropertyVectorDistanceItem::setValue(const QVariant& variant)
     }
     const Base::Vector3d& value = variant.value<Base::Vector3d>();
 
-    Base::Quantity x = Base::Quantity(value.x, Base::Unit::Length);
-    Base::Quantity y = Base::Quantity(value.y, Base::Unit::Length);
-    Base::Quantity z = Base::Quantity(value.z, Base::Unit::Length);
-
     Base::QuantityFormat format(Base::QuantityFormat::Default, highPrec);
     std::string val = fmt::format("({}, {}, {})",
-                                  Base::UnitsApi::toNumber(x, format),
-                                  Base::UnitsApi::toNumber(y, format),
-                                  Base::UnitsApi::toNumber(z, format));
+                                  Base::UnitsApi::toNumber(value.x, format),
+                                  Base::UnitsApi::toNumber(value.y, format),
+                                  Base::UnitsApi::toNumber(value.z, format));
     setPropertyValue(val);
 }