diff --git a/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js b/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js
index fc3b8d17..9ef853aa 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js
@@ -156,30 +156,13 @@ fabric.util.object.extend(fabric.IText.prototype, /** @lends fabric.IText.protot
     }
   },
 
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @param {Event} e Event object
-   * @return {Object} Coordinates of a pointer (x, y)
-   */
-  _getLocalRotatedPointer: function(e) {
-    var pointer = this.canvas.getPointer(e),
-
-        pClicked = new fabric.Point(pointer.x, pointer.y),
-        pLeftTop = new fabric.Point(this.left, this.top),
-
-        rotated = fabric.util.rotatePoint(
-          pClicked, pLeftTop, fabric.util.degreesToRadians(-this.angle));
-
-    return this.getLocalPointer(e, rotated);
-  },
-
   /**
    * Returns index of a character corresponding to where an object was clicked
    * @param {Event} e Event object
    * @return {Number} Index of a character
    */
   getSelectionStartFromPointer: function(e) {
-    var mouseOffset = this._getLocalRotatedPointer(e),
+    var mouseOffset = this._getLocalPointer(e),
         prevWidth = 0,
         width = 0,
         height = 0,
diff --git a/src/shapes/object.class.js b/src/shapes/object.class.js
index b7ae836c..00ccfbc6 100644
--- a/src/shapes/object.class.js
+++ b/src/shapes/object.class.js
@@ -1464,10 +1464,15 @@
      */
     getLocalPointer: function(e, pointer) {
       pointer = pointer || this.canvas.getPointer(e);
-      var objectLeftTop = this.translateToOriginPoint(this.getCenterPoint(), 'left', 'top');
+      var pClicked = new fabric.Point(pointer.x, pointer.y),
+          objectLeftTop = this._getLeftTopCoords();
+      if (this.angle) {
+        pClicked = fabric.util.rotatePoint(
+          pClicked, objectLeftTop, fabric.util.degreesToRadians(-this.angle));
+      }
       return {
-        x: pointer.x - objectLeftTop.x,
-        y: pointer.y - objectLeftTop.y
+        x: pClicked.x - objectLeftTop.x,
+        y: pClicked.y - objectLeftTop.y
       };
     },