diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/mapping/IfcCurveSegment.cpp b/src/ifcgeom/mapping/IfcCurveSegment.cpp
index b19fa7b94b..49a569c95d 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/mapping/IfcCurveSegment.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/mapping/IfcCurveSegment.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ class curve_segment_evaluator {
             } else {
                 // This functor is f'(x) = dy/dx
                  auto df = [fnX,fnY](double t) -> double {
-                     return fnY(t) / fnX(t);
+                    auto dy = fnY(t);
+                    auto dx = fnX(t);
+                    return dx ? dy / dx : 0.0;
                  };
 
                  // This functor computes the curve length