diff --git a/DataFormats/Calibration/include/DataFormatsCalibration/MeanVertexObject.h b/DataFormats/Calibration/include/DataFormatsCalibration/MeanVertexObject.h
index 2f4b00b515719..96cece929a745 100644
--- a/DataFormats/Calibration/include/DataFormatsCalibration/MeanVertexObject.h
+++ b/DataFormats/Calibration/include/DataFormatsCalibration/MeanVertexObject.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class MeanVertexObject : public VertexBase
 
   void setMeanXYVertexAtZ(VertexBase& v, float z) const
   {
+    v = *this;
     v.setX(getXAtZ(z));
     v.setY(getYAtZ(z));
     v.setZ(z);
diff --git a/Detectors/Vertexing/include/DetectorsVertexing/PVertexer.h b/Detectors/Vertexing/include/DetectorsVertexing/PVertexer.h
index db8bff7d52ebe..a6a85553321a6 100644
--- a/Detectors/Vertexing/include/DetectorsVertexing/PVertexer.h
+++ b/Detectors/Vertexing/include/DetectorsVertexing/PVertexer.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class PVertexer
       return;
     }
     mMeanVertex = *v;
-    mMeanVertexSeed = *v;
+    mMeanVertex.setMeanXYVertexAtZ(mMeanVertexSeed, mMeanVertex.getZ());
     initMeanVertexConstraint();
   }
 
diff --git a/Detectors/Vertexing/src/PVertexer.cxx b/Detectors/Vertexing/src/PVertexer.cxx
index c4b5dc5cfc14c..1a2f5236bb2e6 100644
--- a/Detectors/Vertexing/src/PVertexer.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/Vertexing/src/PVertexer.cxx
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ bool PVertexer::relateTrackToMeanVertex(o2::track::TrackParCov& trc, float vtxEr
     z = mMeanVertex.getZ();
   }
   mMeanVertex.setMeanXYVertexAtZ(mMeanVertexSeed, z);
-  if (!o2::base::Propagator::Instance()->propagateToDCA(mMeanVertex, trc, mBz, 2.0f, mMatCorr, &dca, nullptr, 0, mPVParams->dcaTolerance)) {
+  if (!o2::base::Propagator::Instance()->propagateToDCA(mMeanVertexSeed, trc, mBz, 2.0f, mMatCorr, &dca, nullptr, 0, mPVParams->dcaTolerance)) {
     return false;
   }
   return dca.getY() * dca.getY() / (dca.getSigmaY2() + vtxErr2) < mPVParams->pullIniCut;