diff --git a/src/app/ui/editor/drawing_state.cpp b/src/app/ui/editor/drawing_state.cpp
index 12a36a863..fb721d1e6 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/editor/drawing_state.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ui/editor/drawing_state.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ void DrawingState::initToolLoop(Editor* editor,
 
   m_velocity.reset();
   m_lastPointer = pointer;
-  m_mouseDownPos = msg->position();
+  m_mouseDownPos = (msg ? msg->position():
+                          editor->editorToScreen(pointer.point()));
   m_mouseDownTime = base::current_tick();
 
   m_toolLoopManager->prepareLoop(pointer);