diff --git a/Skin_surface_3/include/CGAL/triangulate_mixed_complex_3.h b/Skin_surface_3/include/CGAL/triangulate_mixed_complex_3.h
index 000f47d475e..f6fae51887f 100644
--- a/Skin_surface_3/include/CGAL/triangulate_mixed_complex_3.h
+++ b/Skin_surface_3/include/CGAL/triangulate_mixed_complex_3.h
@@ -1080,9 +1080,9 @@ remove_small_edges()
   // NGHK: This may intrudoce rounding errors, since the quadratic surface
   // may change:
   Tmc_Vertex_handle vh, vh_collapse_to;
-  Tmc_Finite_vertices_iterator vit = _tmc.finite_vertices_begin();
   int nCollapsed=0;
-  while (Tmc_Finite_vertices_iterator vit != _tmc.finite_vertices_end()) {
+  for (Tmc_Finite_vertices_iterator vit = _tmc.finite_vertices_begin();
+       vit != _tmc.finite_vertices_end(); ) {
     vh = vit;
     vit++;
     if (is_collapsible(vh, vh_collapse_to,sq_length)) {