diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index 5b86ca25a04..1160ead712a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ For upgrade instructions, please check the [migration guide](MIGRATIONS.released
 - Added an appropriate placeholder to be rendered in case the timetracking overview is otherwise empty. [#7736](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7736)
 - The overflow menu in the layer settings tab for layers with long names can now be opened comfortably. [#7747](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7747)
 - Fixed a bug where segmentation data looked scrambled when reading uint32 segmentation layers with CompressedSegmentation codec. [#7757](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7757)
+- Fixed a bug when downsampling a volume annotation that previously had only a restricted magnification set. [#7759](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7759)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/webknossos-tracingstore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/tracingstore/tracings/volume/VolumeTracingDownsampling.scala b/webknossos-tracingstore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/tracingstore/tracings/volume/VolumeTracingDownsampling.scala
index fee28ac7bc8..b5c9eec46c2 100644
--- a/webknossos-tracingstore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/tracingstore/tracings/volume/VolumeTracingDownsampling.scala
+++ b/webknossos-tracingstore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/tracingstore/tracings/volume/VolumeTracingDownsampling.scala
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ trait VolumeTracingDownsampling
                              dataLayer)
         requiredMag
       }
-      fallbackLayer <- tracingService.getFallbackLayer(tracingId)
+      fallbackLayer <- tracingService.getFallbackLayer(oldTracingId) // remote wk does not know the new id yet
       tracing <- tracingService.find(tracingId) ?~> "tracing.notFound"
       segmentIndexBuffer = new VolumeSegmentIndexBuffer(tracingId,
                                                         volumeSegmentIndexClient,