diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomShapes.cpp b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomShapes.cpp
index 6475b34e83..8bfad90ef6 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomShapes.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomShapes.cpp
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ bool IfcGeom::Kernel::convert(const IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation* l, IfcRepresen
 			} else {
 				TopoDS_Shape s;
 				if (convert_shape(representation_item, s)) {
-					if (s.ShapeType() == TopAbs_COMPOUND) {
+					if (s.ShapeType() == TopAbs_COMPOUND && TopoDS_Iterator(s).More() && TopoDS_Iterator(s).Value().ShapeType() == TopAbs_SOLID) {
 						TopoDS_Iterator it(s);
 						for (; it.More(); it.Next()) {
 							shapes.push_back(IfcRepresentationShapeItem(representation_item->data().id(), it.Value(), get_style(representation_item)));