diff --git a/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/WaveTrackAffordanceControls.cpp b/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/WaveTrackAffordanceControls.cpp
index 5f088188fbf9..71c44157afa2 100644
--- a/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/WaveTrackAffordanceControls.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/WaveTrackAffordanceControls.cpp
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ SelectedIntervalOfFocusedTrack(AudacityProject &project)
             return interval->Start() == viewInfo.selectedRegion.t0() &&
                interval->End() == viewInfo.selectedRegion.t1();
          });
-         if(it != ChannelGroup::IntervalIterator<WaveTrack::Interval> { })
+
+         if(it != intervals.end())
             return { pWaveTrack, it };
       }
    }