diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomFaces.cpp b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomFaces.cpp
index d2cc535f2d..aab57062ad 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomFaces.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomFaces.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ bool IfcGeom::Kernel::convert(const IfcSchema::IfcArbitraryProfileDefWithVoids*
 	}
 	ShapeFix_Shape sfs(mf.Face());
 	sfs.Perform();
-	face = TopoDS::Face(sfs.Shape());
+	face = sfs.Shape();
 	return true;
 }