diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_event_system.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_event_system.c
index 92fa3754d3a..fe56c76f2e4 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_event_system.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_event_system.c
@@ -1967,8 +1967,8 @@ static void wm_handler_op_context_get_if_valid(bContext *C,
 
       if (region == NULL) {
         LISTBASE_FOREACH (ARegion *, region_iter, &area->regionbase) {
-          region = region_iter;
-          if (region == handler->context.region) {
+          if (region_iter == handler->context.region) {
+            region = region_iter;
             break;
           }
         }