diff --git a/src/insets/Inset.cpp b/src/insets/Inset.cpp
index 9b79ddf362..5e49975b60 100644
--- a/src/insets/Inset.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/Inset.cpp
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ void Inset::cursorPos(BufferView const & /*bv*/, CursorSlice const &,
 void Inset::metricsMarkers(Dimension & dim, int framesize) const
 {
 	dim.wid += 2 * framesize;
-	dim.asc += framesize;
+	dim.des += framesize;
 }