diff --git a/src/floating.c b/src/floating.c
index 23f8a60a..875407a7 100644
--- a/src/floating.c
+++ b/src/floating.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ bool floating_maybe_reassign_ws(Con *con) {
     DLOG("Need to re-assign!\n");
 
     Con *content = output_get_content(output->con);
-    Con *ws = TAILQ_FIRST(&(content->nodes_head));
+    Con *ws = TAILQ_FIRST(&(content->focus_head));
     DLOG("Moving con %p / %s to workspace %p / %s\n", con, con->name, ws, ws->name);
     con_move_to_workspace(con, ws);
     con_focus(con_descend_focused(con));