diff --git a/Modules/Segmentation/Interactions/mitkFillRegionTool.cpp b/Modules/Segmentation/Interactions/mitkFillRegionTool.cpp
index bde58bce1a..296e8f613c 100644
--- a/Modules/Segmentation/Interactions/mitkFillRegionTool.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Segmentation/Interactions/mitkFillRegionTool.cpp
@@ -1,59 +1,59 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkFillRegionTool.h"
 
 // us
 #include <usGetModuleContext.h>
 #include <usModule.h>
 #include <usModuleContext.h>
 #include <usModuleResource.h>
 
 namespace mitk
 {
   MITK_TOOL_MACRO(MITKSEGMENTATION_EXPORT, FillRegionTool, "Fill tool");
 }
 
 const char **mitk::FillRegionTool::GetXPM() const
 {
   return nullptr;
 }
 
 us::ModuleResource mitk::FillRegionTool::GetIconResource() const
 {
   us::Module *module = us::GetModuleContext()->GetModule();
   us::ModuleResource resource = module->GetResource("Fill.svg");
   return resource;
 }
 
 us::ModuleResource mitk::FillRegionTool::GetCursorIconResource() const
 {
   us::Module *module = us::GetModuleContext()->GetModule();
   us::ModuleResource resource = module->GetResource("Fill_Cursor.svg");
   return resource;
 }
 
 const char *mitk::FillRegionTool::GetName() const
 {
   return "Fill";
 }
 
 void mitk::FillRegionTool::PrepareFilling(const Image* /*workingSlice*/, Point3D /*seedPoint*/)
 {
   auto labelSetImage = dynamic_cast<const LabelSetImage*>(this->GetWorkingData());
 
   if (nullptr == labelSetImage) mitkThrow() << "Invalid state of FillRegionTool. Working image is not of correct type.";
 
-  m_FillLabelValue = labelSetImage->GetActiveLabel()->GetValue();
+  m_FillLabelValue = labelSetImage->GetActiveLabel(labelSetImage->GetActiveLayer())->GetValue();
   m_MergeStyle = MultiLabelSegmentation::MergeStyle::Merge;
 };