diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomIterator.h b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomIterator.h
index 081a2136cf..7a83878130 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomIterator.h
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomIterator.h
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
 
 					// get the parent 
 					try {
-						parent_object = getObject(parent_object->parent_id());
+						parent_object = getObject(ret->parent_id());
 					} catch (const std::exception& e) {
 						Logger::Error(e);
 						hasParent = false;