diff --git a/egui_extras/src/layout.rs b/egui_extras/src/layout.rs
index 9a83e22e..895b7ac9 100644
--- a/egui_extras/src/layout.rs
+++ b/egui_extras/src/layout.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl<'l> StripLayout<'l> {
         let rect = self.cell_rect(&width, &height);
 
         // Make sure we don't have a gap in the stripe background:
-        let rect = rect.expand2(egui::vec2(0.5 * self.ui.spacing().item_spacing.x, 0.0));
+        let rect = rect.expand2(0.5 * self.ui.spacing().item_spacing);
 
         self.ui
             .painter()