diff --git a/app/core/gimp-edit.c b/app/core/gimp-edit.c
index 2e8c620dbc..9382c67056 100644
--- a/app/core/gimp-edit.c
+++ b/app/core/gimp-edit.c
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ gimp_edit_paste_get_layers (GimpImage     *image,
         }
 
       layers = gimp_edit_paste_get_tagged_layers (image, layers, NULL, floating_format,
-                                                  gimp_drawable_get_base_type (drawables->data),
-                                                  gimp_drawable_get_precision (drawables->data),
+                                                  gimp_image_get_base_type (image),
+                                                  gimp_image_get_precision (image),
                                                   *paste_type);
       layers = g_list_reverse (layers);
     }