diff --git a/crates/fj-core/src/operations/reverse/half_edge.rs b/crates/fj-core/src/operations/reverse/half_edge.rs
index 24275db32..240ef4bcd 100644
--- a/crates/fj-core/src/operations/reverse/half_edge.rs
+++ b/crates/fj-core/src/operations/reverse/half_edge.rs
@@ -14,14 +14,18 @@ impl ReverseCurveCoordinateSystems for &Handle<HalfEdge> {
         self,
         core: &mut Core,
     ) -> Self::Reversed {
-        let mut half_edge_geom = *core.layers.geometry.of_half_edge(self);
+        let half_edge = self;
+
+        let mut half_edge_geom = *core.layers.geometry.of_half_edge(half_edge);
         half_edge_geom.path = half_edge_geom.path.reverse();
         half_edge_geom.boundary = half_edge_geom.boundary.reverse();
 
-        let half_edge =
-            HalfEdge::new(self.curve().clone(), self.start_vertex().clone())
-                .insert(core)
-                .derive_from(self, core);
+        let half_edge = HalfEdge::new(
+            half_edge.curve().clone(),
+            half_edge.start_vertex().clone(),
+        )
+        .insert(core)
+        .derive_from(half_edge, core);
 
         core.layers
             .geometry