diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v2_editor.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v2_editor.cljs
index 517ce5bff8..4862b5a7e6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v2_editor.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v2_editor.cljs
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
                 max-height (max height selrect-height)
                 valign (-> shape :content :vertical-align)
                 y (:y selrect)
-                y (if (> height selrect-height)
+                y (if (and valign (> height selrect-height))
                     (case valign
                       "bottom" (- y (- height selrect-height))
                       "center" (- y (/ (- height selrect-height) 2))