diff --git a/src/core/qgsogcutils.cpp b/src/core/qgsogcutils.cpp
index 891ae45799e6..16a3d25f3e1f 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsogcutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsogcutils.cpp
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ static bool isGeometryColumn( const QgsExpressionNode *node )
 
   const QgsExpressionNodeFunction *fn = static_cast<const QgsExpressionNodeFunction *>( node );
   QgsExpressionFunction *fd = QgsExpression::Functions()[fn->fnIndex()];
-  return fd->name() == QLatin1String( "$geometry" ) || fn->referencedVariables().contains( QLatin1String( "geometry" ) );
+  return fd->name() == QLatin1String( "$geometry" ) || ( fd->name() == QLatin1String( "var" ) && fn->referencedVariables().contains( QLatin1String( "geometry" ) ) );
 }
 
 static QgsGeometry geometryFromConstExpr( const QgsExpressionNode *node )