diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
index 82c0ac3401cfac2daeaf719f110af147137989e6..3917e2cd9428155fa46e16ed42ba78cd3e37933a 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Dune {
 
               case 0:  // element dofs
                 globalIndex = globalElementIndex.index(element.template subEntity<0>(entity))
-                              + globalVertexIndex.size(2);
+                              + globalVertexIndex.size(1);
                 break;
 
               default: