diff --git a/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js b/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js
index 9ef853aa..22647600 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fabric.util.object.extend(fabric.IText.prototype, /** @lends fabric.IText.protot
    * @return {Number} Index of a character
    */
   getSelectionStartFromPointer: function(e) {
-    var mouseOffset = this._getLocalPointer(e),
+    var mouseOffset = this.getLocalPointer(e),
         prevWidth = 0,
         width = 0,
         height = 0,