Index: applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/replacegeometry/ReplaceGeometryUtils.java
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--- applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/replacegeometry/ReplaceGeometryUtils.java	(revision 35970)
+++ applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/utilsplugin2/replacegeometry/ReplaceGeometryUtils.java	(revision 35976)
@@ -450,6 +450,5 @@
 
     static boolean isInArea(Node node, Area area) {
-        LatLon ll = node.getCoor();
-        return node.isNewOrUndeleted() || area == null || ll == null || area.contains(ll.getX(), ll.getY());
+        return node.isNewOrUndeleted() || area == null || !node.isLatLonKnown() || area.contains(node.lon(), node.lat());
     }