diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
index 9f72289ddf..d7d2491fd8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ public class FragmentCompose extends FragmentBase {
                                 builder.getSpanStart(quoteSpan),
                                 builder.getSpanEnd(quoteSpan),
                                 builder.getSpanFlags(quoteSpan));
-                        builder.removeSpan(quote);
+                        builder.removeSpan(quoteSpan);
                     }
 
                     spannedReference = builder;