diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/Canvas.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/Canvas.js
index e180ef7288..eb2b7fcc54 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/Canvas.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/Canvas.js
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.Canvas = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer, {
                     if (id) {
                         featureId = "OpenLayers.Feature.Vector_" + (id - 1 + this.hitOverflow);
                         try {
-                            feature = this.features["OpenLayers.Feature.Vector_" + (id - 1 + this.hitOverflow)][0];
+                            feature = this.features[featureId][0];
                         } catch(err) {
                             // Because of antialiasing on the canvas, when the hit location is at a point where the edge of
                             // one symbol intersects the interior of another symbol, a wrong hit color (and therefore id) results.