diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
index ebaa890d92..0955c9c57c 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ Drag::Drag (EditingContext& ec, ArdourCanvas::Item* i, Temporal::TimeDomain td,
 	, _y_constrained (false)
 	, _was_rolling (false)
 	, _earliest_time_limit (0)
+	, _copy (false)
 	, _hide_snapped_cursor (hide_snapped_cursor)
 	, _move_threshold_passed (false)
 	, _starting_point_passed (false)
@@ -2237,11 +2238,11 @@ RegionMotionDrag::aborted (bool)
  */
 RegionMoveDrag::RegionMoveDrag (Editor& e, ArdourCanvas::Item* i, RegionView* p, list<RegionView*> const& v, bool c, TimeDomain td)
 	: RegionMotionDrag (e, i, p, v, td)
-	, _copy (c)
 	, _new_region_view (0)
 {
 	DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::Drags, "New RegionMoveDrag\n");
 
+	_copy = c;
 	_last_position = _primary->region ()->position ();
 }
 
@@ -5891,10 +5892,10 @@ SelectionMarkerDrag::aborted (bool movement_occurred)
 RangeMarkerBarDrag::RangeMarkerBarDrag (Editor& e, ArdourCanvas::Item* i, Operation o)
 	: EditorDrag (e, i, e.time_domain (), nullptr)
 	, _operation (o)
-	, _copy (false)
 {
 	DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::Drags, "New RangeMarkerBarDrag\n");
 
+	_copy = false;
 	_drag_rect = new ArdourCanvas::Rectangle (_editor.time_line_group,
 	                                          ArdourCanvas::Rect (0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
 	                                                              physical_screen_height (_editor.current_toplevel ()->get_window ())));
@@ -6124,10 +6125,10 @@ NoteDrag::NoteDrag (EditingContext& ec, ArdourCanvas::Item* i)
 	: Drag (ec, i, Temporal::BeatTime, ec.get_trackview_group(), false)
 	, _cumulative_dy (0)
 	, _was_selected (false)
-	, _copy (false)
 {
 	DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::Drags, "New NoteDrag\n");
 
+	_copy = false;
 	_primary = reinterpret_cast<NoteBase*> (_item->get_data ("notebase"));
 	assert (_primary);
 	_view      = &_primary->midi_view ();
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.h b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.h
index 66bcbd33fc..3e00a217d5 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.h
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ protected:
 	bool _y_constrained; ///< true if y motion is constrained, otherwise false
 	bool _was_rolling; ///< true if the session was rolling before the drag started, otherwise false
 	ARDOUR::timepos_t _earliest_time_limit; ///< time we cannot drag before (defaults to 0, indicating no such limit)
+	bool _copy;
 
 private:
 	bool _trackview_only; ///< true if pointer y value should always be relative to the top of the trackview group
@@ -557,7 +558,6 @@ private:
 	void collect_new_region_view (RegionView *);
 	RouteTimeAxisView* create_destination_time_axis (std::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Region>, TimeAxisView* original);
 
-	bool _copy;
 	RegionView* _new_region_view;
 };
 
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ private:
 	Temporal::timepos_t  _earliest; // earliest note in note selection
 	bool   _was_selected;
 	double _note_height;
-	bool   _copy;
 };
 
 class NoteCreateDrag : public Drag
@@ -1435,7 +1434,6 @@ private:
 
 	Operation _operation;
 	ArdourCanvas::Rectangle* _drag_rect;
-	bool _copy;
 };
 
 /** Drag of rectangle to set zoom */