diff --git a/src/libraries/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter/src/System/Drawing/PointConverter.cs b/src/libraries/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter/src/System/Drawing/PointConverter.cs
index bf69e52414a17e..410e237c945a3d 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter/src/System/Drawing/PointConverter.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter/src/System/Drawing/PointConverter.cs
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public override bool CanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext? context, [NotNullWhen(
                 }
 
                 TypeConverter converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverterTrimUnsafe(typeof(int));
-                int x = (int)converter.ConvertFromString(context, culture, strValue[ranges[0]])!;
-                int y = (int)converter.ConvertFromString(context, culture, strValue[ranges[1]])!;
+                int x = (int)converter.ConvertFromString(context, culture, text[ranges[0]].ToString())!;
+                int y = (int)converter.ConvertFromString(context, culture, text[ranges[1]].ToString())!;
 
                 return new Point(x, y);
             }
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter/tests/Drawing/PointConverterTests.cs b/src/libraries/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter/tests/Drawing/PointConverterTests.cs
index b0a8d19167e8f2..04851079280bc6 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter/tests/Drawing/PointConverterTests.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter/tests/Drawing/PointConverterTests.cs
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public void ConvertFromInvariantString_FormatException()
         public void ConvertFromString(int x, int y)
         {
             var point =
-                (Point)Converter.ConvertFromString(string.Format("{0}{2} {1}", x, y,
+                (Point)Converter.ConvertFromString(string.Format(" {0}{2} {1}", x, y,
                     CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator));
             Assert.Equal(x, point.X);
             Assert.Equal(y, point.Y);