diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
index 9a7188c43d..1e9a53bf5a 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
@@ -3414,6 +3414,7 @@ _layout(const Evas_Object *obj, int calc_only, int w, int h, int *w_ret, int *h_
    if (!c->paragraphs)
      {
         _layout_paragraph_new(c, NULL);
+        o->paragraphs = c->paragraphs;
      }
    c->par = (Evas_Object_Textblock_Paragraph *)
       EINA_INLIST_GET(c->paragraphs)->last;