diff --git a/src/object/sp-item.cpp b/src/object/sp-item.cpp
index 3268465e7dd6c81233ad7c2710ed9bd6e6b0dd3d..36caad3f501debdec4a97c00e987baf502a6c20c 100644
--- a/src/object/sp-item.cpp
+++ b/src/object/sp-item.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ bool SPItem::isCenterSet() const {
 
 // Get the item's transformation center in desktop coordinates (i.e. in pixels)
 Geom::Point SPItem::getCenter() const {
-    document->ensureUpToDate();
+    //document->ensureUpToDate();
 
     // Copied from DocumentProperties::onDocUnitChange()
     gdouble viewscale = 1.0;