diff --git a/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp b/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp
index cfb693fcc4f44..6c6b331b0d564 100644
--- a/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp
+++ b/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp
@@ -130,18 +130,19 @@ void MusicXmlLyricsExtend::addLyric(Lyrics* const lyric)
 //   lastChordTicks
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 
-// find the duration of the chord starting at or after s in track and ending at tick
+// find the duration of the chord starting at or after s and ending at tick
 
-static Fraction lastChordTicks(const Segment* s, const int track, const Fraction& tick)
+static Fraction lastChordTicks(const Segment* s, const Fraction& tick)
       {
       while (s && s->tick() < tick) {
-            Element* el = s->element(track);
-            if (el && el->isChordRest()) {
-                  ChordRest* cr = static_cast<ChordRest*>(el);
-                  if (cr->tick() + cr->actualTicks() == tick)
-                        return cr->actualTicks();
+            for (Element* el : s->elist()) {
+                  if (el && el->isChordRest()) {
+                        ChordRest* cr = static_cast<ChordRest*>(el);
+                        if (cr->tick() + cr->actualTicks() == tick)
+                              return cr->actualTicks();
+                        }
                   }
-            s = s->nextCR(track, true);
+            s = s->nextCR(-1, true);
             }
       return Fraction(0,1);
       }
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ void MusicXmlLyricsExtend::setExtend(const int no, const int track, const Fracti
                   ChordRest* const par = static_cast<ChordRest*>(el);
                   if ((no == -1 && par->track() == track)
                    || (l->no() == no && track2staff(par->track()) == track2staff(track))) {
-                        Fraction lct = lastChordTicks(l->segment(), track, tick);
+                        Fraction lct = lastChordTicks(l->segment(), tick);
                         if (lct > Fraction(0,1)) {
                               // set lyric tick to the total length from the lyric note
                               // plus all notes covered by the melisma minus the last note length