Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/actions/SplitObjectAction.java
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/actions/SplitObjectAction.java	(revision 34777)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/actions/SplitObjectAction.java	(revision 34778)
@@ -83,4 +83,6 @@
                 }
             }
+        } else if (selectedWays.size() == 1) {
+            selectedWay = selectedWays.get(0);      // two nodes and a way is selected, so use this selected way
         }
 
@@ -223,4 +225,6 @@
      * input for splitting (this would be too expensive to be carried
      * out from the selectionChanged listener).
+     * @param selection the selection
+     * @return true if the selection is usable
      */
     private boolean checkSelection(Collection<? extends OsmPrimitive> selection) {