diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeom.cpp b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeom.cpp
index d58a5aeacd..6bc8a8389f 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeom.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeom.cpp
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ bool IfcGeom::Kernel::convert_wire_to_face(const TopoDS_Wire& w, TopoDS_Face& fa
 
 	TopTools_ListOfShape results;
 
-	if (getValue(GV_NO_WIRE_INTERSECTION_CHECK) == 0. && util::wire_intersections(wire, results, get_wire_intersection_tolerance(wire), getValue(GV_PRECISION))) {
+	if (getValue(GV_NO_WIRE_INTERSECTION_CHECK) < 0. && util::wire_intersections(wire, results, get_wire_intersection_tolerance(wire), getValue(GV_PRECISION))) {
 		Logger::Warning("Self-intersections with " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(results.Extent()) + " cycles detected");
 		util::select_largest(results, wire);
 	}
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ bool IfcGeom::Kernel::convert_wire_to_faces(const TopoDS_Wire& w, TopoDS_Compoun
 	}
 
 	TopTools_ListOfShape results;
-	if (getValue(GV_NO_WIRE_INTERSECTION_CHECK) == 0. && util::wire_intersections(w, results, get_wire_intersection_tolerance(w), getValue(GV_PRECISION))) {
+	if (getValue(GV_NO_WIRE_INTERSECTION_CHECK) < 0. && util::wire_intersections(w, results, get_wire_intersection_tolerance(w), getValue(GV_PRECISION))) {
 		Logger::Warning("Self-intersections with " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(results.Extent()) + " cycles detected");
 	} else {
 		results.Clear();
diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/IfcPolyLoop.cpp b/src/ifcgeom/IfcPolyLoop.cpp
index 49a0b3a683..dda1a98944 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/IfcPolyLoop.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/IfcPolyLoop.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ bool IfcGeom::Kernel::convert(const IfcSchema::IfcPolyLoop* l, TopoDS_Wire& resu
 	result = w.Wire();
 
 	TopTools_ListOfShape results;
-	if (getValue(GV_NO_WIRE_INTERSECTION_CHECK) == 0. && util::wire_intersections(result, results, get_wire_intersection_tolerance(result), getValue(GV_PRECISION))) {
+	if (getValue(GV_NO_WIRE_INTERSECTION_CHECK) < 0. && util::wire_intersections(result, results, get_wire_intersection_tolerance(result), getValue(GV_PRECISION))) {
 		Logger::Error("Self-intersections with " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(results.Extent()) + " cycles detected", l);
 		util::select_largest(results, result);
 	}