diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/floating_window_layouter/main.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/floating_window_layouter/main.cc
index 32801d79f..6fd1d5163 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/floating_window_layouter/main.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/floating_window_layouter/main.cc
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ void Floating_window_layouter::Main::import_window_list(Xml_node window_list_xml
 					Session_policy const policy(label, config.xml());
 
 					if (policy.has_attribute("xpos") && policy.has_attribute("ypos"))
-						initial_position = point_attribute(node);
+						initial_position = point_attribute(policy);
 
 					win->maximized(policy.attribute_value("maximized", false));