diff --git a/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp b/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp
index 39c1c3e4b..55d02af73 100644
--- a/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp
+++ b/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ bool DoPasteNothingSelected(AudacityProject &project)
       // Select some pasted samples, which is probably impossible to get right
       // with various project and track sample rates.
       // So do it at the sample rate of the project
-      AudacityProject *p = GetActiveProject();
-      double projRate = ProjectSettings::Get( *p ).GetRate();
+      double projRate = ProjectSettings::Get( project ).GetRate();
       double quantT0 = QUANTIZED_TIME(clipboard.T0(), projRate);
       double quantT1 = QUANTIZED_TIME(clipboard.T1(), projRate);
       selectedRegion.setTimes(