diff --git a/src/mbgl/renderer/line_bucket.cpp b/src/mbgl/renderer/line_bucket.cpp
index f696874afe8..02db89cd45e 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/renderer/line_bucket.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/renderer/line_bucket.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void LineBucket::addGeometry(const std::vector<Coordinate>& vertices) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
         if (closed && i == len - 1) {
             // if the line is closed, we treat the last vertex like the first
-            nextVertex = vertices[i];
+            nextVertex = vertices[1];
         } else if (i + 1 < len) {
             // just the next vertex
             nextVertex = vertices[i + 1];