diff --git a/dix/getevents.c b/dix/getevents.c
index 9553728c7..bc5841fed 100644
--- a/dix/getevents.c
+++ b/dix/getevents.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ GetPointerEvents(EventList *events, DeviceIntPtr pDev, int type, int buttons,
             }
             if (valuator_mask_isset(&mask, 1))
             {
-                scaled = rescaleValuatorAxis(valuator_mask_get(&mask, 0),
+                scaled = rescaleValuatorAxis(valuator_mask_get(&mask, 1),
                                              0.0, &y_frac, NULL,
                                              pDev->valuator->axes + 1,
                                              scr->height);