diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomFunctions.cpp b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomFunctions.cpp
index 97db9bd92a..6461095ee0 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomFunctions.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomFunctions.cpp
@@ -1037,6 +1037,9 @@ bool IfcGeom::Kernel::convert_openings_fast(const IfcSchema::IfcProduct* entity,
 			IfcGeom::IfcRepresentationShapeItems opening_shapes;
 
 			for (IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation::list::it it2 = reps->begin(); it2 != reps->end(); ++it2) {
+				if (IfcParse::traverse((*it2))->as<IfcSchema::IfcBoundingBox>()->size()) {
+					continue;
+				}
 				convert_shapes(*it2, opening_shapes);
 			}