Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/Geometry.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/Geometry.java	(revision 19445)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/Geometry.java	(revision 19446)
@@ -1563,6 +1563,6 @@
         for (Pair<Node, Node> nodes : way.getNodePairs(false)) {
             Way tWay = new Way();
-            tWay.addNode(nodes.a);
-            tWay.addNode(nodes.b);
+            tWay.addNode(new Node(nodes.a));
+            tWay.addNode(new Node(nodes.b));
             double distance = getDistance(tWay, primitive);
             if (distance < lowestDistance) {