diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomShapes.cpp b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomShapes.cpp
index 22a2e4320f..f2447debe3 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomShapes.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomShapes.cpp
@@ -94,8 +94,10 @@ bool IfcGeom::convert(const Ifc2x3::IfcExtrudedAreaSolid::ptr l, TopoDS_Shape& s
 }
 bool IfcGeom::convert(const Ifc2x3::IfcFacetedBrep::ptr l, IfcRepresentationShapeItems& shape) {
 	TopoDS_Shape s;
+	const SurfaceStyle* collective_style = get_style(l);
 	if (IfcGeom::convert_shape(l->Outer(),s) ) {
-		shape.push_back(IfcRepresentationShapeItem(s, get_style(l->Outer())));
+		const SurfaceStyle* indiv_style = get_style(l->Outer());
+		shape.push_back(IfcRepresentationShapeItem(s, indiv_style ? indiv_style : collective_style));
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;