diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetRecEvent/SiSPSeededTrackFinderData/src/SiTrajectoryElement_xk.cxx b/InnerDetector/InDetRecEvent/SiSPSeededTrackFinderData/src/SiTrajectoryElement_xk.cxx
index 45f13599b13d6e664b9ed9926d805b54297d2a6f..d070035a0b2126e3ca8f49a9a70a755e2695aa77 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetRecEvent/SiSPSeededTrackFinderData/src/SiTrajectoryElement_xk.cxx
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetRecEvent/SiSPSeededTrackFinderData/src/SiTrajectoryElement_xk.cxx
@@ -2271,6 +2271,7 @@ void InDet::SiTrajectoryElement_xk::patternCovariances
   const Amg::MatrixX& v = c->localCovariance();
   covX  = c->width().phiR(); 
   covX*=(covX*s_oneOverTwelve);  /// sigma ~pitch / sqrt(12)
+  covXY = c->localCovariance()(1,0);
 
   if(!m_tools->useFastTracking()){
     if(covX < v(0,0)) covX=v(0,0);  /// if larger error in cluster covariance, replace covx by it