diff --git a/Xi/exevents.c b/Xi/exevents.c
index 54ea11a93..e16171468 100644
--- a/Xi/exevents.c
+++ b/Xi/exevents.c
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ DeepCopyPointerClasses(DeviceIntPtr from, DeviceIntPtr to)
                 to->button = calloc(1, sizeof(ButtonClassRec));
                 if (!to->button)
                     FatalError("[Xi] no memory for class shift.\n");
+                to->button->numButtons = from->button->numButtons;
             }
             else
                 classes->button = NULL;