diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
index a47931281f..526f6e27e5 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
@@ -6850,7 +6850,7 @@ HitCreateDrag::finished (GdkEvent* event, bool had_movement)
 	}
 
 	timepos_t snapped (beats);
-	_editor->snap_to (snapped, RoundDownMaybe, SnapToGrid_Scaled);
+	_editor->snap_to (snapped, RoundNearest, SnapToGrid_Scaled);
 	const timepos_t region_offset (snapped.beats() - _region_view->region()->position ().beats());
 
 	/* This code is like MidiRegionView::get_draw_length_beats() but