diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-popover/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-popover/index.js
index 88f5f6a7aaa6f4..9a38a5b0ae35d5 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-popover/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-popover/index.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function BlockPopover(
 				if ( isZoomOut() ) {
 					const selectedBlockRect =
 						getVisibleElementBounds( selectedElement );
-					const parentRect = getVisibleElementBounds(
+					const sectionRootElementRect = getVisibleElementBounds(
 						selectedElement.parentElement
 					);
 					return new window.DOMRectReadOnly(