diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/StageComponent.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/StageComponent.tsx
index c66c15d61b..d0d693a5f2 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/StageComponent.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/StageComponent.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { createMemoizedSelector } from 'app/store/createMemoizedSelector';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { useMouseEvents } from 'features/controlLayers/hooks/mouseEventHooks';
 import {
-  $cursorPosition,
+  $lastCursorPos,
   $lastMouseDownPos,
   $tool,
   isRegionalGuidanceLayer,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const useStageRenderer = (
   const state = useAppSelector((s) => s.controlLayers.present);
   const tool = useStore($tool);
   const mouseEventHandlers = useMouseEvents();
-  const cursorPosition = useStore($cursorPosition);
+  const lastCursorPos = useStore($lastCursorPos);
   const lastMouseDownPos = useStore($lastMouseDownPos);
   const selectedLayerIdColor = useAppSelector(selectSelectedLayerColor);
   const selectedLayerType = useAppSelector(selectSelectedLayerType);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ const useStageRenderer = (
       selectedLayerIdColor,
       selectedLayerType,
       state.globalMaskLayerOpacity,
-      cursorPosition,
+      lastCursorPos,
       lastMouseDownPos,
       state.brushSize
     );
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ const useStageRenderer = (
     selectedLayerIdColor,
     selectedLayerType,
     state.globalMaskLayerOpacity,
-    cursorPosition,
+    lastCursorPos,
     lastMouseDownPos,
     state.brushSize,
     renderers,
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/mouseEventHooks.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/mouseEventHooks.ts
index 03595fb82d..b9716ba217 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/mouseEventHooks.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/mouseEventHooks.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { calculateNewBrushSize } from 'features/canvas/hooks/useCanvasZoom';
 import {
-  $cursorPosition,
   $isDrawing,
+  $lastCursorPos,
   $lastMouseDownPos,
   $tool,
   brushSizeChanged,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const syncCursorPos = (stage: Konva.Stage): Vector2d | null => {
   if (!pos) {
     return null;
   }
-  $cursorPosition.set(pos);
+  $lastCursorPos.set(pos);
   return pos;
 };
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export const useMouseEvents = () => {
       if (!stage) {
         return;
       }
-      const pos = $cursorPosition.get();
+      const pos = $lastCursorPos.get();
       if (!pos || !selectedLayerId || selectedLayerType !== 'regional_guidance_layer') {
         return;
       }
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export const useMouseEvents = () => {
         dispatch(rgLayerPointsAdded({ layerId: selectedLayerId, point: [pos.x, pos.y] }));
       }
       $isDrawing.set(false);
-      $cursorPosition.set(null);
+      $lastCursorPos.set(null);
       $lastMouseDownPos.set(null);
     },
     [selectedLayerId, selectedLayerType, tool, dispatch]
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/controlLayersSlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/controlLayersSlice.ts
index f6a6f0b38d..fc1887f425 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/controlLayersSlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/controlLayersSlice.ts
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ const migrateControlLayersState = (state: any): any => {
 export const $isDrawing = atom(false);
 export const $lastMouseDownPos = atom<Vector2d | null>(null);
 export const $tool = atom<Tool>('brush');
-export const $cursorPosition = atom<Vector2d | null>(null);
+export const $lastCursorPos = atom<Vector2d | null>(null);
 
 // IDs for singleton Konva layers and objects
 export const TOOL_PREVIEW_LAYER_ID = 'tool_preview_layer';