diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-offscreen-effect.c b/clutter/clutter/clutter-offscreen-effect.c
index cfb0ddc95..c211768f7 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-offscreen-effect.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-offscreen-effect.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ clutter_offscreen_effect_pre_paint (ClutterEffect       *effect,
   ClutterOffscreenEffect *self = CLUTTER_OFFSCREEN_EFFECT (effect);
   ClutterOffscreenEffectPrivate *priv = self->priv;
   CoglFramebuffer *offscreen;
-  ClutterActorBox raw_box, box;
+  ClutterActorBox box;
   ClutterActor *stage;
   graphene_matrix_t projection, modelview;
   const ClutterPaintVolume *volume;
@@ -297,19 +297,18 @@ clutter_offscreen_effect_pre_paint (ClutterEffect       *effect,
       ClutterPaintVolume mutable_volume;
 
       _clutter_paint_volume_copy_static (volume, &mutable_volume);
-      _clutter_paint_volume_get_bounding_box (&mutable_volume, &raw_box);
+      _clutter_paint_volume_get_bounding_box (&mutable_volume, &box);
       clutter_paint_volume_free (&mutable_volume);
     }
   else
     {
-      clutter_actor_get_allocation_box (priv->actor, &raw_box);
+      clutter_actor_get_allocation_box (priv->actor, &box);
     }
 
-  box = raw_box;
   _clutter_actor_box_enlarge_for_effects (&box);
 
-  priv->fbo_offset_x = box.x1 - raw_box.x1;
-  priv->fbo_offset_y = box.y1 - raw_box.y1;
+  priv->fbo_offset_x = box.x1;
+  priv->fbo_offset_y = box.y1;
 
   clutter_actor_box_scale (&box, ceiled_resource_scale);
   clutter_actor_box_get_size (&box, &target_width, &target_height);