diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
index de21b6fa77..501879c90f 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
@@ -3496,7 +3496,7 @@ _layout(const Evas_Object *obj, int calc_only, int w, int h, int *w_ret, int *h_
    c->line_no = 0;
    c->align = 0.0;
    c->align_auto = EINA_TRUE;
-   c->valign = 0.0;
+   c->valign = o->valign;
    c->ln = NULL;