diff --git a/src/gui/clips/MidiClipView.cpp b/src/gui/clips/MidiClipView.cpp
index 92299d67ec3..e5e30d7ca5c 100644
--- a/src/gui/clips/MidiClipView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/clips/MidiClipView.cpp
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ bool MidiClipView::destructiveSplitClip(const TimePos pos)
 	leftClip->movePosition(m_initialClipPos);
 	leftClip->setHasBeenResized(true);
 	leftClip->changeLength(splitPos - m_initialClipPos);
+	leftClip->setStartTimeOffset(m_clip->startTimeOffset());
 
 	rightClip->movePosition(splitPos);
 	rightClip->setHasBeenResized(true);