diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/intersection.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/intersection.h
index 6eb7899d204..7d6cbe5b8df 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/intersection.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/intersection.h
@@ -1409,6 +1409,7 @@ bool do_intersect(const TriangleMesh& tm,
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_RUNNING
                 , const typename boost::disable_if<
                     typename boost::mpl::or_<
+                      typename boost::is_same<TriangleMesh, Polyline>::type,
                       typename boost::mpl::not_<typename boost::has_range_iterator<Polyline>::type>::type, // not a range
                       typename boost::has_range_iterator<
                         typename boost::mpl::eval_if<