diff --git a/lisp/org-element.el b/lisp/org-element.el
index 27fd9d9f6..06065fe9a 100644
--- a/lisp/org-element.el
+++ b/lisp/org-element.el
@@ -3547,7 +3547,7 @@ position of point and CDR is nil."
       ;; They will be parsed as a paragraph.
       (when (looking-at "[ \t]*$") (goto-char origin) (setq output nil))
       ;; Return value.
-      (cons (point) output))))
+      (cons origin output))))
 
 
 
diff --git a/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el b/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el
index 98faff4d0..8c724d555 100644
--- a/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el
+++ b/testing/lisp/test-org-element.el
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ Some other text
 	   :name
 	   (org-test-with-temp-text "#+NAME: para\nParagraph"
 	     (org-element-at-point)))))
+  (should
+   (= 1
+      (org-element-property
+       :begin
+       (org-test-with-temp-text "#+NAME: para\nParagraph"
+	 (org-element-at-point)))))
   ;; Parse multiple keywords.
   (should
    (equal