diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/face.cpp b/src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/face.cpp
index 24636f38ca..682336b82c 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/face.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/face.cpp
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert(const taxonomy::face::ptr face, TopoDS_Shape& re
 						std::string message = c;
 						delete[] c;
 #if OCC_VERSION_MAJOR==7 && OCC_VERSION_MINOR == 7
-						if (!fd.surface().IsNull() && fd.surface()->IsUPeriodic() && message == "Unknown message invoked with the keyword FixAdvFace.FixOrientation.MSG0") {
+						if (!reversed_surface && !fd.surface().IsNull() && fd.surface()->IsUPeriodic() && message == "Unknown message invoked with the keyword FixAdvFace.FixOrientation.MSG0") {
 							Logger::Notice("Detected reversed wire, reattempting with reversed basis surface");
 							TopoDS_Face reversed_result;
 							convert(face, reversed_result, true);