diff --git a/libs/canvas/tracking_text.cc b/libs/canvas/tracking_text.cc
index f8f246c403..dd23f291f2 100644
--- a/libs/canvas/tracking_text.cc
+++ b/libs/canvas/tracking_text.cc
@@ -61,14 +61,16 @@ TrackingText::pointer_motion (Duple const& winpos)
 
 	if (!track_x) {
 		pos.x = position ().x;
+	} else {
+		pos.x += offset.x;
 	}
 
 	if (!track_y) {
 		pos.y = position ().y;
+	} else {
+		pos.y += offset.y;
 	}
 
-	pos = pos.translate (offset);
-
 	/* keep inside the window */
 
 	Rect r (0, 0, _canvas->width (), _canvas->height ());